US Judge Resigned After ‘Sexualized Relationship’ With Clerk (2)

An Alaska federal judge who abruptly resigned last week engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a former law clerk and lied about it to an investigating judicial panel, a Ninth Circuit judicial council said.

Joshua Kindred, a Trump appointee, who sat on the US District Court for the District of Alaska since 2020, “engaged in misconduct pervasive and abusive, constituted sexual harassment, and fostered a hostile work environment that took a personal and professional toll on multiple clerks,” the council concluded in a 30-page order released Monday.

“Judge Kindred’s conduct was not civil, dignified, or respectful—attributes that we expect ...