Alaska Judge Scandal Whistleblower Settles Retaliation Claim (2)

Nov. 20, 2024, 9:12 PM UTCUpdated: Nov. 21, 2024, 12:57 AM UTC

The Justice Department has reached a settlement with a former federal prosecutor who filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that she was retaliated against by leaders of the US attorney’s office in Alaska after she reported sexual misconduct by a federal judge.

The whistleblower, who clerked for US District Judge Joshua Kindred in Alaska before joining the US attorney’s office in Anchorage, had alleged in a complaint with the Office of Special Counsel that she was denied a permanent job as a federal prosecutor because she informed supervisors in the fall of 2022 of sexual misconduct by Kindred.

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