United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney refused to comment this weekend on a reported court injunction seeking to shut down an investigation — into the funding of the so-called “kamikaze” leadership campaign — until after the Alberta election.

At a press conference, Kenney said he wouldn’t speak on a matter before the courts and said he only learned about it after a CBC story was published Friday afternoon.

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“All I can tell you is that we’ve been clear from day one that, on any of these questions, we are happy to assist either the office of the election commissioner, the RCMP, or anyone else,” he said.

The apparent emergency court order, which aims to delay an investigation into irregular campaign contributions during the leadership race between Jeff Callaway, Kenney and former Wildrose Leader Brian Jean in 2017, was reportedly filed at the Calgary courthouse on Friday.

If successful, the injunction would suspend the probe until after the April 16 election.

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The injunction reportedly named Callaway, wife Nicole Callaway, Jennifer Thompson, Darren Thompson, Bonnie Thompson and Robyn Lore as applicants. None could reached by Postmedia on Saturday.

According to the filing obtained by CBC, each of the six applicants has been contacted by the Office of the Election Commissioner regarding the leadership race.

On Monday, injunction arguments will be heard by a judge in Calgary’s Court of Queen’s Bench, in which lawyers will argue the commissioner’s investigation should be suspended immediately.

In response to the reported request for an injunction, Alberta Health Minister Sarah Hoffman said in a release it is a “completely unacceptable attempt to interfere in the work of the election commissioner in order to hush up facts (Kenney) doesn’t want the people of Alberta to know.”

Hoffman said the investigation has raised “serious unanswered questions” about potential voting fraud and campaign financing. She called on Kenney to instruct Callaway and others to withdraw the court injunction.

In 2018, allegations of campaign misconduct arose after a recording was made public in which UCP insiders discussed Callaway running a “kamikaze” campaign to boost Kenney by attacking Jean and decreasing his chances at winning.

Callaway withdrew from the race and endorsed Kenney just before the vote, however Kenney has denied allegations that he made the deal.

Leaked e-mails and allegations of irregular donations further inflamed the issue.

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In February, the election commissioner issued two penalties totalling $15,000 to former Callaway campaign manager Cameron Davies for obstructing an investigation into the irregular funding of the 2017 leadership race.

UCP member Karen Brown was also fined for donating money that came from other people to Callaway’s campaign.

Then, on March 6, the United Conservatives dropped Randy Kerr as a UCP candidate for failing to inform the party about a $4,000 contribution to Callaway’s campaign.

The election commissioner handed an investigation into alleged funding irregularities to the RCMP in March.

At the time, an RCMP spokesperson told Postmedia they were aware of the allegations, but no further information would be provided unless criminal charges are laid.

Kenney said he has not been contacted by the RCMP and denies all allegations.

When earlier asked about the “kamikaze” controversy, Kenney said, “This is not about our campaign. This is about someone else’s leadership campaign from 18 months ago. Albertans want to focus on jobs and the economy.”