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Months ago, former UCP leadership candidate Brian Jean was warning leader Jason Kenney, the party, and former prime minister Stephen Harper that political trouble was ahead.

That trouble deepened Friday with news the RCMP is investigating alleged misconduct around the “kamikaze candidate” scandal in the UCP leadership race, as well as possible other offences beyond the authority of Alberta’s elections commissioner.

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Jean alluded to his warnings in a Facebook post Friday. Later, he supplied Postmedia with emails he sent to Kenney, UCP president Erika Barootes, and also a text message to Harper.

“Elbows up politics is one thing, and no one minds a fair fight, but breaking the law is something different,” he told Kenney in an email sent Dec. 31.

“To be successful with Albertans, the UCP can’t have candidates and employees who are involved in breaking election laws.”

Jean says he got no response from Kenney. At no point in any of the correspondence does Jean allege improper behaviour by Kenney.