Dan Moldea

{{short description|American journalist}}

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| name = Dan E. Moldea

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| birth_place = Akron, Ohio, U.S.

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| occupation = Non-fiction author, investigative journalist

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| genre = Organized crime, political corruption

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Dan E. Moldea (born February 27, 1950) is an American best-selling{{cite web| url=http://www.hawes.com/1997/1997-02-23.pdf |title= The New York Times : Best Seller List 02-23-1997}} author and investigative journalist{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/07/AR2007080702078.html |title= Washington Post: "Morals of a Muckraker" | newspaper=The Washington Post | first1=Howard | last1=Kurtz |authorlink1=Howard Kurtz | date=2007-08-08 | accessdate=2010-04-30}} who has reported on organized crime and political corruption since 1974.{{cite web| url=http://www.moldea.com/bisketch.html |title= Dan Moldea - Biographical information}} He is the author of books about the rise and fall of Jimmy Hoffa,{{cite web| url=http://www.moldea.com/Sheeran-threatens-to-sue-Moldea.pdf|title=Frank Sheeran, aka "The Irishman", and Moldea}}{{cite web| url=http://www.moldea.com/Hoffa-40.html|title=Moldea on the Hoffa murder case}}{{cite web|url=http://www.moldea.com/MobMuseum10242017.pdf|title=Moldea on the JFK murder case}} the contract killing of an Ohio businessman, the Mafia's penetration of Hollywood, its links to Ronald Reagan, and its influence on professional football, as well as works about the assassination of Senator Robert Kennedy,{{cite web|url=http://www.moldea.com/RFKcase.html|title=RFK at 50}} the O.J. Simpson murder case, the suicide of White House Deputy Counsel Vincent Foster, the Anthony Pellicano{{cite web|url=http://www.moldea.com/Busch-response.html|title=Busch v. Pellicano/Ovitz}} wiretapping scandal and prosecution, and corruption in higher education via the student-loan program and for-profit colleges.

The third edition of Confessions of a Guerrilla Writer, Moldea's memoir about his career as a crime reporter, was released in 2020, featuring new information about the Jimmy Hoffa murder case.{{cite news| url=https://themobmuseum.org/blog/finding-jimmy-hoffa/?fbclid=IwAR0ac8yAmBDEiwuSuK8TrG_oxyajdY2pU-Ki1QexbYP2X6b2ZmXOC4be7Ds |title= The Mob Museum: "Finding Jimmy Hoffa"| work=Mob Museum | first=Dan | last=Moldea | date=2020-07-08 | accessdate=2020-07-09}}

Moldea received his bachelor's degree in English and history from the University of Akron where he served as student-body president. He did his post-graduate work at Kent State University, where he taught a course, "Racism and Poverty," in the Honors and Experimental College.

Moldea has lectured about "The Mafia in America" at colleges and universities throughout the country and has appeared on numerous national and local radio and television programs.{{cite web| url=http://www.moldea.com/Lectures.html |title=Lecture Appearances }} He was also featured in the 2004 film, The Hunting of the President.{{cite web| url=http://www.moldea.com/TheHuntingOfThePresident-TheMovie.html |title= Hunting of the President and The Flynt Project}}

Moldea is a former president of Washington Independent Writers. He is also a former national vice president of the National Writers Union.

In Moldea v New York Times, Moldea sued The New York Times, alleging a review of Interference: How Organized Crime Influences Professional Football was libelous. In 1994, after the lower court dismissed the case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reinstated it in an opinion known as Moldea I. Then, in what has been described as an unprecedented moment in American jurisprudence, the same appellate court, in Moldea II, snatched away Moldea’s victory, reversing itself and ruling for the Times. The U.S. Supreme Court allowed Moldea II to stand.Moldea v. New York Times, 22 F.3d 310 (D.C. Cir. 1994)

Since 1998, Moldea, a registered private investigator, has also worked as an independent investigative consultant, participating in, what he has described as, "a wide variety of breathtaking and mind-blowing capers."{{cite web| url=https://jonathantilove.com/moldea-shamus-of-shame/|title= Dan Moldea: Shamus of Shame, And a Really Nice Guy|date= 26 October 2008}}

Moldea describes himself as “Ahab” and has said that the Jimmy Hoffa murder case is his “white whale.” He is widely regarded as one of the top experts on this crime.{{cite news| url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/11/21/jimmy-hoffa-body-new-lead-irishman-movie/4253552002/ |title= Search for Jimmy Hoffa may have new lead, expert has best tip ever in search for grave | work=Detroit Free Press | first=Wisely | last=John | date=2019-11-21 | accessdate=2020-05-21}}

He is of Romanian descent.{{cite web|url=https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/filmul-irishman-dan-moldea-jurnalist-roman-2851691|title=Un jurnalist de origine română a investigat 40 de ani cazul dispariției lui Jimmy Hoffa. De ce critică Dan Moldea filmul "The Irishman"|author=Archip, Andreea|work=Libertatea|language=Romanian|accessdate=January 20, 2020|date=January 11, 2020}}