Thread by @charlesrusnell

In response to popular demand, I'll take another crack at the series of chronological tweets about the kamikaze controversy I posted this morning. #ableg

@jKenney and Jeff Callaway have denied Kenney’s campaign ran Callaway as a so-called “kamikaze” candidate. And Kenney says he only learned Callaway was resigning to endorse him night before it happened. What does the chronology of events show? 1/ #ableg

Around early July 2017: This is when former UCP MLA Derek Fildebrandt says Kenney asks him to be a stalking horse candidate. Kenney denies this. 2/ #ableg

July 19, 2017: This is when former UCP nomination candidate Happy Mann alleges he, Kenney, and others met with Callaway, who allegedly agreed to be Kenney’s secret candidate to attack Jean.

Kenney admits a meeting occurred but denies Callaway was recruited. 3/ #ableg

Aug. 6, 2017: UCP member Mark Hudson records conversation with Callaway campaign organizer Wendy Adam and her husband.

Adam says Callaway will be “able to say things about Brian Jean that Jason Kenney cannot.”

Hudson says: “It’s a ‘kamikaze’ mission.” 4/ #ableg

Aug. 10, 2017: Callaway announces he is entering the leadership race. Earlier that day, Davies had emailed a copy of Callaway’s launch speech to Matt Wolf, a senior staffer in Kenney’s campaign. 5/ #ableg

Aug. 13, 2017: Davies emails Wolf a communications plan for the Callaway campaign, including a rough date for when Callaway would withdraw from the race.

Davies also sends the email to Shuvaloy Majumdar, an associate of [Stephen] Harper & Associates, 6/ #ableg

Over next several weeks, Wolf provides Callaway campaign with resources, including speeches, media and debate talking points, attack videos and graphics. Keep in mind, Wolf is a senior staff in the @jkenney leadership campaign 7/ #ableg

Oct. 4, 2017: Early that morning, Wolf emails Callaway and his campaign a resignation speech for Callaway to give. Callaway resigns later that day and endorses Kenney. 8/ #ableg

March 18, 2019: Kenney tells reporters he only learned about Callaway’s decision to resign and endorse him “the night before he made that announcement.” 9/ #ableg

For this to be true, Wolf, Majumdar, and others must have withheld from Kenney for nearly two months the fact that Wolf had supported and helped orchestrate the Callaway campaign against Jean. 10/ #ableg

Also for this to be true, Wolf and others also must have withheld from Kenney that the Callaway campaign had stated from the beginning that Callaway intended to quit the race. 11/ #ableg

Given that the "kamikaze" campaign has created a huge public relations problem for the #ucp and #jkenney, and election commission and RCMP investigations, you would think Matt Wolf would be persona non grata. We checked, he's still working for the campaign 12/ #ableg

And all this is along with new info about yet another potential "kamikaze" investigation is contained in this story by @jennierussell_ and I. cbc.ca/news/canada/ed… #ableg