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Jon Kyl’s lobbyist past is a problem

By Philip Wegmann
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Jon Kyl’s lobbyist past is a problem

John McCain, the late Republican senator from Arizona, was beholden to no one. Jon Kyl, the former Republican senator tapped to replace McCain, cannot say the same. Kyl was a lobbyist for K Street giant Covington & Burling.

It is easy enough to skim his full list of former clients and, after a little digging, realize, not just potential conflicts of interest, but also lobbying positions that might conflict with conservatives and the Trump administration.

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