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"I will vote for the builder Oligui Nguema," reads a campaign message on the top of taxi driver Landry Obame-Mezui's vehicle, who likes the junta leader because he "came in with a new way of doing things – action before speeches".

Every day, 40-year-old Landry Obame-Mezui drives a taxi in Gabon's capital Libreville.

Connaughton appeared to have worked as recently as October 2023 with former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski in the campaign of Jeff Landry, for governor of Louisiana.

Lewandowski, a longtime Noem adviser going back to her tenure as South Dakota governor, mentioned him in a post on X as part of the team that helped elect Landry.

Earlier this month Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced that the state would start carrying out executions again.