It has apparently become a universally-accepted fact that a key reason Arizona Senator* Jon Kyl is resigning on December 31 is so he will not need to file the Senate’s Personal Financial Disclosure statement that all federal elected officials (and, some in their offices) are obligated to file. It is unlikely that it was a motivation, because Kyl will still be required to file his statement.
The widely-accepted speculation centered around Kyl’s inter-Senatorial stint (2013-18) as a high-powered lobbyist at one of the nation’s biggest lobbying law firms (Covington & Burling). Arizona’s Politics first reported on Kyl’s financial disclosure statement back when he first announced his retirement from the Senate, in 2011. He then had a mid-range net worth estimate of $554k, which ranked him as only the 82nd richest member of that body. (Bonus fun fact: he said then he did not want to be a lobbyist.)
Soon after Governor Doug Ducey appointed him to fill out at least a portion of the late Senator John McCain’s term, Kyl asked for an extension from the