The Presidential Medal of Freedom was also awarded to officers Brian Sicknick, who died after the attack, and Eugene Goodman, who is credited with holding “the line” against the demonstrators while lawmakers evacuated the Capitol.
Officers Harry Dunn, Caroline Edwards, Daniel Hodges, and Michael Fanone were also honored.
In addition, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, and former Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, who resisted pressure to nullify the election results, and Fulton County, Georgia, electoral workers Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss, who were threatened and harassed after ensuring that votes were properly tabulated, were also honored.
The ceremony, which marks the second anniversary of the assault on the Capitol by a group of followers of former President Donald Trump to disrupt the certification of Biden’s victory, took place in the East Room of the White House.
