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Donald Trump is reportedly set to bestow the presidential medal of freedom, the highest US civilian honour, on Devin Nunes and Jim Jordan, Republican allies in Congress who supported him in the Russia investigation, his impeachment and other Washington controversies.
Citing “someone familiar with the plans”, the Washington Post reported that Trump, who will leave office on 20 January, had settled on giving the medal to Nunes, a former chair of the House intelligence committee. Other outlets confirmed the report.
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In 2016, Brad Raffensperger supported Trump. And in 2018, Trump repaid the favour by endorsing Raffensperger’s run to become the secretary of state for Georgia.
But Trump’s sour loss to Joe Biden broke the relationship, with the US president labelling his party member an “enemy of the people”.
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