Prosecutors Flag More Possible Case Conflicts From Alaska Judge

The Alaska US attorney’s office has identified 21 additional cases that might have required a disgraced former judge’s recusal, nearly doubling the number of potential conflicts prosecutors previously acknowledged.

Federal prosecutors listed the cases in an Aug. 2 letter to Alaska’s chief public defender that was obtained by Bloomberg Law. Then-Judge Joshua Kindred “may have had an obligation to recuse himself” in those cases, the letter states.

Many of the 21 matters reflect appearances from an assistant US attorney who a judicial panel found to have sent nude photos and flirtatious text messages to Kindred, before the US district court ...