Chief Justice Edith Jones, the head of the Judicial Council, also has denied Kent's request to retire on disability. Kent planned to continue to collect his full judicial salary for the rest of his life.
The House Judiciary Committee has begun to investigate whether to impeach Kent, the only way to remove a federal judge from the bench.
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