Judge Joshua Kindred was confirmed by the Senate in 2020 after being nominated a year earlier by then-President Donald Trump to preside over Alaska's U.S. District Court.

Yet in a startling move, the federal judge announced his resignation this week following the release of a damning report. 

Report: Judge had no "filter as to the topics he would discuss"

According to ABC News, a probe conducted by the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit concluded that Kindred "created a hostile work environment."

Examples included him making lewd comments and sending inappropriate texts. What's more, the probe also found that Kindred was involved in a sexual relationship with one of his law clerks.

The council's report went on to assert that the federal judge lacked any "filter as to the topics he would discuss with the clerks."

"He discussed his past dating life, his romantic preferences, his sex life, the law clerks' boyfriends and dating lives, his divorce, his interest in and communications with potential romantic or sexual partners, and his disparaging opinions of his colleagues."

Judge told clerk that former U.S. attorney sent him nude photos

Investigators began their work in November of 2022, which included reviewing some 700 text messages as well as interviewing a number of eyewitnesses.

They uncovered comments Kindred had made to staff members which "lacked any connection to the clerks' legitimate job duties and were often sexual in nature."

In one instance, the judge is said to have told one clerk that a former United States attorney sent him nude photographs.

"Judge Kindred was seeking advice from the clerk about what to do, and she told him 'I am just a law clerk;' she reported being 'devastated,'" the report alleged.

Text messages document sexual relationship with clerk

What's more, the judge sent hundreds of personal text messages to a clerk who he allegedly had a sexual relationship with.

"Judge Kindred also emphasized that this law clerk was an important and special presence in his life by making statements such as, 'We are ride or die for life;' 'you're legitimately one of my best friends and favorite human beings in the world,'" the report stated.

It further observed that while denying any wrongdoing, "Judge Kindred could not provide an explanation for those text messages."

The woman claimed to have at one point been fondled by Kindred after a party while she was intoxicated, with the clerk speculating that the judge was likely intoxicated as well.