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Here is US Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris at a rally on Sunday accusing Trump of a ‘bold abuse of power’ following the president’s call to Georgia’s secretary of state.
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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