JANUARY 3, 2025|
Photo – Liz Cheney – Bigfoot99 file photo
Outgoing President Joe Biden will award Liz Cheney and 19 others the Presidential Citizens Medal for purportedly performing “exemplary deeds of service for their country or fellow Americans.”
The award comes while former Rep. Cheney (R-WY), the vice chair and a key member of the partisan January 6 Committee, braces for a potential FBI probe after House Republicans demanded the Bureau investigate her for allegedly tampering with “at least one” witness of the partisan panel.
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, has not signaled whether he is open to investigating Cheney. Patel was an ardent defender of the rule of law during his career in government.
Cheney says she should not go to jail for alleged wrongdoing during her tenure on the committee.
Wyoming Senator John Barrasso is not impressed with the last-minute award. “President Biden was either going to pardon Liz Cheney or give her an award,” Barrasso said. “She doesn’t deserve either. She represents partisanship and divisiveness — not Wyoming.”
A majority (57 percent) of likely voters support an FBI investigation of Cheney, a recent Rasmussen Reports poll found.
Former and incoming President Donald Trump put it this way, describing Cheney’s actions on the committee as inexecusable.
President Richard Nixon created the medal in 1969. It ranks only lower than the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Cheney, Wyoming’s congresswoman from 2017-2021, received the award in a ceremony Thursday afternoon at the White House. She lost re-election by more than 40% margin.
