Biden awards medals to US Capitol officers on Jan 6 anniversary
Al JazeeraLaw enforcement and election workers are honoured in a White House ceremony on the two-year anniversary of the riot. United States President Joe Biden has presented 14 people with the country’s second highest civilian honour, in recognition of their efforts to “defend the integrity of our elections”. The award ceremony was held on Friday to mark the two-year anniversary of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, when protesters attempted to violently disrupt the certification of the 2020 presidential election. The medal was given to nine law enforcement officers who served at the US Capitol during the attack, as well as five election workers who refused to go along with former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the election. Biden awarded more medals to Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, Capitol Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell, Metropolitan Police Department officer Daniel Hodges, Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards and a former Metropolitan Police officer named Michael Fanone, who suffered a heart attack after the riot.
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