[2] It had been suggested that his chance for party nomination is in jeopardy due to his support for the controversial Temporary and Agency Workers Directive.

Storberget stated: "I would like to offer an unreserved apology and regret to Fritz Moen and those who knew him and were close to him, for the injustice he was subjected to".

[13] In October 2024, the Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance were informed of a complaint filed against Storberget after he had started a relationship with a younger employee at the County Governor's office for the last four years.

[15] Storberget was issued a written warning by the Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance, Karianne Tung, in February 2025 upon the investigation's conclusion.

Late political scholar Hanne Marthe Narud attributed the disproportional number of controversies to Storbergets poor planning skills.

The decision caused a storm of criticism and brought fierce reactions from the National Police Unions, the opposition Conservative, Progress, Centre parties and members of the government coalition.

[18] In the immediate aftermath, the press release was suddenly removed from the Justice department's website, and Storberget denied having taken a decision on the matter.

[21] Facing extreme pressure to resign, he refused to comment on who was responsible and how it could have happened, uttering the word "prosess" (lit: Process) almost forty times during the thirty-minute session.

[23] Analysts have noted that as Storberget was on vacation at the time, he probably did not know about the proposal or the decision to approve it, which was authored by his state secretaries Astri Aas-Hansen and Hadia Tajik.

[24] However the allegations against Aas-Hansen and Tajik have never been confirmed, and other newspapers have reported that the Minister of Justice himself may have authored the decision, leaving the two with the blame when the storm came.

[27] Facing mounting pressure in the aftermath of the 2011 Norway attacks over the state of the police and security, Storberget announced his resignation.