Biden is giving the 2nd highest civilian award to the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional committee

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Source: AP

Updated 7:25 AM EST, January 2, 2025


President Joe Biden is bestowing the second highest civilian medal on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson, leaders of the congressional investigation into the Capitol riot who Donald Trump has said should be jailed for their roles in the inquiry.

Biden will award the Presidential Citizens Medal to 20 people in a ceremony Thursday at the White House, including Americans who fought for marriage equality, a pioneer in treating wounded soldiers, and two of the president’s longtime friends, former Sens. Ted Kaufman, D-Del., and Chris Dodd, D-Conn.

“President Biden believes these Americans are bonded by their common decency and commitment to serving others,” the White House said in a statement. “The country is better because of their dedication and sacrifice.” Biden last year honored people who were involved in defending the Capitol from a mob of angry Trump supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, or who helped safeguard the will of American voters during the 2020 presidential election, when Trump tried and failed to overturn the results.

Cheney, a former Wyoming congresswoman, and Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, led the House committee that investigated the insurrection. The committee’s final report asserted that Trump criminally engaged in a “multi-part conspiracy” to overturn the lawful results of the election he lost to Biden and failed to act to stop his supporters from attacking the Capitol. Thompson wrote that Trump “lit that fire.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/biden-citizens-medals-jan-6-cheney-thompson-f725b7003ea11239b90962a8cf0d5305

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White House ANNOUNCEMENT - President Biden Announces Recipients of the Presidential Citizens Medal

The ABC News article had the list (extracted below) and I expect WhiteHouse.gov will post the info soon -

Mary L. Bonauto
Bill Bradley
Frank K. Butler, Jr.
Elizabeth L. Cheney
Christopher J. Dodd
Diane Carlson Evans
Joseph L. Galloway (posthumous)
Nancy Landon Kassebaum
Ted Kaufman
Carolyn McCarthy
Louis Lorenzo Redding (posthumous)
Bobby Sager
Collins J. Seitz (posthumous)
Eleanor Smeal
Bennie G. Thompson
Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi (posthumous)
Thomas J. Vallely
Frances M. Visco
Paula S. Wallace
Evan Wolfson