Ex-Alaska Judge’s Potential Impeachment Moves to House (2)

The federal judiciary has sent the House a letter regarding a potential impeachment inquiry into former District Judge Joshua Kindred of Alaska, who resigned after being found to have committed sexual misconduct and lied to judicial investigators.

A spokesperson for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) confirmed his office received the letter on Thursday.

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s Judicial Committee in July certified to the Judicial Conference, the federal courts’ policy-making body, an impeachment inquiry into Kindred after they found he created a hostile work environment for his law clerks, and had an inappropriate sexualized relationship with ...