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Davies himself faces $15,000 in fines for allegedly impeding the investigation. Campaign operatives are not choir boys, but at a certain moment of legal self-interest they often sing just as clearly.

Davies’ timeline appears to confirm both the plan for Callaway and Derek Fildebrandt’s long-standing insistence that Kenney’s people asked him first.

“Around early July, 2017, a meeting with Derek Fildebrandt was held to inquire if he would be a suitable candidate to run as a dark horse candidate,” Davies’ statement says.

“After a few meetings, it was deemed that Derek was not a suitable candidate for this role.” (Got that right — you never know what he’ll say next.)

“About a week after these meetings with Fildebrandt, a meeting was held at Jeff Callaway’s home.”

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Among the attendees, according to Davies, were Callaway, Kenney, Happy Mann and others. (Mann has recently also insisted this meeting took place.)

“In this meeting a discussion occurred around running Callaway to do what had been originally planned for Derek Fildebrandt.”

Davies details the help allegedly provided to Callaway, and concludes by describing “a thank you” get-together, also at Callaway’s home, after he quit the campaign.

At that gathering, Davies says, Kenney “gave a short thank you to Jeff and the team for their support and efforts.”

Last Friday, Kenney offered his own very different side of the story. This was reissued by his campaign Sunday, after new details came out.