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He was a close ally of former President Jacob Zuma and was implicated in what is known in South Africa as the state capture inquiry, which looked into allegations of high-level corruption during Zuma's presidency.

It is also a key US ally in the region and hosts a major American airbase.

Shortly afterward, her political ally Lt.

Some MPs on the right of the Labour Party had been pushing for McDonnell - a long-time ally of Corbyn - to be expelled from the parliamentary party on a more permanent basis.

So this was not an exoneration of Comey from a Comey ally, or a liberal, or a Democrat, or anything like that.