Santa Clara DA’s embattled chief investigator to retire amidst discrimination allegations

A high-ranking official in the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office under fire for alleged discriminatory remarks against coworkers is set to retire in December.

Moises Reyes, chief of the DA’s Bureau of Investigations, will retire on Dec. 19, a spokesperson for the DA’s office told San José Spotlight. This follows more than a dozen claims of inappropriate workplace remarks lodged against Reyes last year about his conduct in 2021 and 2022. An investigation by the county’s Equal Opportunity Division concluded five of those claim were more likely than not to be true and in violation of county policies. The investigation found the remaining nine claims to likely not be violations of county policies.