A blistering report in Bloomberg Law tells how a woman attorney whose report of sexual misconduct ultimately prompted the forced resignation of Alaska federal judge Joshua Kindred has filed a whistleblower complaint, saying that workers in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Alaska retaliated against her after she came forward with her claims.
The whistleblower was a judicial law clerk before joining the Alaska U.S. attorney’s office, the report says. She has claimed she was denied a permanent position as a federal prosecutor after she informed supervisors in the fall of 2022 that Kindred was engaged in sexual misconduct. She made these allegations in both an interview with Bloomberg Law and in a complaint filed with the US Office of Special Counsel, an independent agency that serves as a type of ombudsman and investigates complaints.
According to the report, the woman learned that she no longer had a job in the office through an office-wide email sent Sept. 26, 2023 by her supervisor, telling everyone — including her — that her initial one-year term employment wouldn’t be extended, and it was her last day.
“My stomach dropped” when the email went out, the woman told Bloomberg Law, which added that she had recently moved back to Alaska “and was setting up her life there when she got the news.”
“I have to live with this forever,” said the woman, whom Bloomberg Law isn’t naming since she’s a survivor of sexual misconduct. “I have to live with being sexually assaulted by someone that was supposed to be my mentor. And now I have to live with this. I have to live with being ousted from my dream job and ousted from my home. And I just hope that talking about it has some impact on others.”
S. Lane Tucker, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, has not issued a statement about the report. Her office is a subdivision of the U.S. Department of Justice.
The report by Bloomberg Law is at this link.
Never, ever believe the con of protecting whistleblowers. All you do is put a target on yourself.
So we’ve heard about Judge Kindred and his flurry of sexually charged emails. Let’s see the emails of this alleged victim. There are always at least two sides to each story. She is not a child. Let’s see if the accuser invited the judge to an out of chambers cocktail party.
You are correct Andy, she is not a child, however sexual harassment is rarely about sex per se and always about power.
It is clear from the story that Judge Kindred was her mentor and as such in a position of power. As a sitting judge and a grown man, he should have known to avoid even the impression of impropriety, regardless of your insinuation of her behavior. It should also be noted that the 9th circuit court initiated an investigation, which would most likely require a great deal more facts than a “he said, she said” scenario.
It appears you can not defend the behavior of the perpetrator, so you blame the victim. Shame on you!
Billy Clinton set a fine example of elected and appointed officials in power positions to use the serfs for personal gratification (hence the renaming of the Oral Office).
Which also inturn also allows the serfs to take advantage of the potential perks of engaging in as well as enticing persons in power to make their way up the ladder.
Now its just a question of who did what and what defines small hints in the work place to engage.
Somebody explain to me the difference between “assault” and “misconduct”. This story drifts between the two.
He said she said. It’s nearly impossible to trust any of them. Then add judge or attorney in the mix and you get a bunch of BS and the truth won’t come out ever.
Add the hypersensitive state of our country and we are overwhelmed with thin skinned wimps. Both male and female.
A world war will correct this problem. America has had it to easy for to long. Bodies piled 8’ deep 100 miles long might wake people up.
What a weird psychopathic thing to post. Get help.
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