Well, I’m shocked that a Trump appointed judge resigned over his blatantly offensive behavior instead of weathering the judicial storm with a hearty, “FUCK YOU ALL! I DID NOTHING WRONG!” District Court Judge Joshua Kindred voluntarily resigned on Monday after a Ninth Circuit investigation into his “inappropriate” behavior that turned his court into a college frat house with all the women law clerks as “little sisters.” Actually, it was probably far worse than that given what was found during the investigation. My guess is that Kindred resigned rather than have a rape allegation surface.
Kindred submitted his resignation letter to President Joe Biden last week, saying he would step down Monday.The court order cited an incident in October 2022 in which Kindred is alleged to have kissed a former law clerk and grabbed her rear after he asked her to get drinks with him shortly after she left her clerkship and began work at the U.S. attorney's office.
The order cites a second incident in which Kindred was accused of "putting his hands on me" and performing oral sex on the law clerk after having urged her to join him at an associate’s apartment.
Ummm. I was sexually assaulted when I was 15 years old by a older boy of about 19. This description of the event is — I believe — sexual assault. My guess is that this was not at all “voluntary” or “consensual.” And this is where I speculate that Kindred may have not taken “No” from some other women in his past. In other words, I’m betting a rape allegation was going to surface after this report came out, and Kindred is trying to get ahead of that with his resignation.
And Kindred didn’t keep the sexual harassment of law clerks to a minimum or try to hide it. Nope. Not at all. Well, not until the investigation began that is, when he was accused of obstructing it.
The order refers to interviews with Kindred’s clerks and judiciary employees, as well as hundreds of pages of text messages detailing his inappropriate conduct, including discussions about his dating life and the law clerks’ boyfriends and dating lives and disparaging remarks about his colleagues.
It also said that Kindred "had no hesitation in using language that was inappropriate in a professional setting, such as encouraging rating people based on 'f---ability,' stating that he was not 'hoe-ignorant,' or telling stories about 'giving b--- jobs in a hot tub.' 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."
Emphasis is mine.
And if you want to know who voted for this miscreant in the Senate in 2020, it was all Republicans present including two Democrats. Want to guess who those Democrats are? Go on! I better you will never guess who!
OK. It was Manchin and Sinema. You guessed correctly.
And yes, Murkowski and “I’m concerned” Collins voted to put this POS on the court. By the way, Murkowski claims she will find another suitable candidate for this opening soon! Dick “Blue Slips” Durbin will be happy to accomodate Murkowski on this I’m sure.