Former Rep. Liz Cheney and Rep. Bennie Thompson, who headed the Jan. 6 committee, will likely be honored by President Biden with the Presidential Residents Medal.
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President Biden will award the Presidential Residents Medal to former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., who led the congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6 , 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.
The Presidential Residents Medal honors People who’ve carried out exemplary deeds of service for his or her nation or their fellow residents. It’s the second-highest civilian honor a president can bestow and awarding it to Cheney and Thompson sends a sign to President-elect Trump.
Trump has criticized the pair repeatedly, falsely accusing them of breaking the legislation with their investigation into his actions on and round Jan. 6.
“President Biden believes these People are bonded by their widespread decency and dedication to serving others,” the White Home stated in a press release. “The nation is healthier due to their dedication and sacrifice.”
Biden can also be set to award the medal to a number of civil rights leaders and advocates who labored on points he championed in his profession, amongst others. Amongst these being honored are two of Biden’s longtime buddies, former Sens. Ted Kaufman, D-Del., and Chris Dodd, D-Conn.
In all Biden will award the Residents Medal to twenty folks.
Final 12 months he awarded 14 folks with the medal for his or her work defending the U.S. Capitol throughout the Jan. 6 rebel and for overseeing the 2020 election course of regardless of efforts to overturn the outcomes.
Cheney was considered one of two Republicans on the panel that investigated Jan. 6. The panel beneficial that Trump be prosecuted by the Division of Justice on 4 fees: obstruction of an official continuing; conspiracy to defraud america; conspiracy to make a false assertion; and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by aiding, aiding or comforting these concerned in an rebel.
Trump, who takes workplace Jan. 20, has stated he’d pardon a few of these convicted in reference to the Jan. 6 riot. He has repeatedly dismissed the findings of the Jan. 6 committee and attacked Cheney on social media.
