President Joe Biden's decision Thursday to award former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., with the second-highest honor a president can bestow has angered pro-Trump Republicans, who have long accused the conservative lawmaker and frequent critic of President-elect Donald Trump as a traitor to the party.
In granting the Presidential Citizens Medal to Cheney and Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Biden acknowledged their role in leading the House investigation into Trump's involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection. The committee disbanded after unanimously voting in December 2022 to refer Trump for prosecution.
