WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 12: Ranking member Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) (L) and Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) (R) listen during a hearing before the House (Select) Intelligence Committee June 12, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on "Lessons from the Mueller Report: Counterintelligence Implications of Volume 1." (Image: Getty)
President Donald Trump plans to award the nation’s highest civilian honor to two of his political allies, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-California) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), before leaving office.
On Monday, Nunes is expected to receive the Medal of Freedom because as the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, who is a close political ally of Trump’s, he has worked closely with him to undermine the Justice Department’s Russia investigation.
Jordan has also been a relentless critic of the Mueller probe.
Trump is also considering giving the Medal of Freedom to retired Florida State University football coach Bobby Bowden.
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