Caitlyn Clark, a former law clerk to U.S. District Judge C. Ashley Royal in Georgia, testifies before a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2022. U.S. House of Representatives/Handout via REUTERS
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(Reuters) - Three women on Thursday told a U.S. House of Representatives panel they experienced or witnessed harassment and discrimination while working in the federal judiciary, including a former clerk who said a judge fired her because she was pregnant.
They told a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee that the judiciary's internal system for handling misconduct complaints was flawed, highlighting the need for statutory workplace protections for its 30,000 employees.
"The current protections failed me," said Caitlyn Clark, a former law clerk who said U.S. District Judge C. Ashley Royal in Macron, Georgia, fired her after she disclosed her second pregnancy. "I do not want them to fail others."
Royal did not respond to requests for comment.
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