WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday plans to award U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to McClatchy.
The California Republican is known as one of Trump’s closest allies in Congress, primarily because of Nunes’ efforts to defend the president during special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference and last year during impeachment hearings.
Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, referred to both investigations as a “hoax” and alleged that certain intelligence officials harbored biases against Trump.
