Judge Joshua Kindred, a Trump appointee, was forced to resign his lifetime role over sexually harassing and preying on his clerks after lying to investigators after his disturbing conduct was reported. Kindred rated women based on their "fuckability" in the presence of subordinates, according to the lengthy report.
'He also had no hesitation in using language that was inappropriate in a professional setting, such as encouraging rating people based on "fuckability," stating that he was not "hoe-ignorant," or telling stories about "giving blow jobs in a hot tub,' the order states. "In the few instances where clerks came to Judge Kindred to discuss his inappropriate behavior, they were belittled or ostracized, and, in one instance, a clerk left the clerkship."
The report goes into detail about how Kindred pursued an "inappropriately sexualized relationship" with an unnamed law clerk who later became an assistant U.S. attorney. Kindred and the now-former clerk exchanged a whopping 278 pages of text messages over an 11-month period, "only a small fraction of which had any relationship to her legitimate job duties," the order states.
The Anchorage Daily News reports:
