A Trump-appointed federal judge was forced to resign this month after just four years on the bench and a blistering ethics complaint detailed his hostile work environment and sexual misconduct with a law clerk and federal prosecutor.Judge Joshua Kindred, of the U.S. District Court for the District o...
  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    On Monday, however, the Judicial Council of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit released a report going into extensive detail on the allegations against Kindred, and announced that he was pressured into resigning under referral to the Judicial Conference to consider impeachment.

    I am genuinely surprised “pressure” was enough and he didn’t force them to follow through with the impeachment.

      • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        4 months ago

        MAGA translation: “Cowardly judge abandons MAGA, surrenders to woke mob.”

        Since the Judicial Conference can’t impeach him and the House is MAGA, I dunno, I think if he held on he might still have his lifetime appointment. What’s a little sexual assault among jurists? If it’s ok enough for the Supreme Court, it’s ok enough for this chump.