Alaska federal judge nominee dodges 2020 election, Jan. 6 questions in confirmation hearing

By: Corinne Smith

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: September 18, 2026

Words: 1,166

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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An Alaska nominee for federal judge joined other nominees in a joint confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday and declined to answer some questions about the 2020 election and Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

President Trump nominated Kyle Reardon, a federal magistrate judge and former prosecutor, to fill the last of three federal judge seats for the U.S. District Court for the …

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