Former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., were honored by President Joe Biden with the Presidential Citizens Medal last week. It's the second-highest civilian award in the U.S., and for the co-chairs of the House Jan. 6 committee it's well-deserved.
In an interview with NBC News in December, though, President-elect Donald Trump promised to pardon Jan. 6 rioters and said, "Everybody on that committee … for what they did, yeah, honestly, they should go to jail."
The committee may have lost the current political moment, but it did invaluable work to preserve a meticulous and comprehensive record of Trump's monthslong attempt at a self-coup. As disgraceful as it is that Trump is going to avoid accountability — and is now empowered to spur bogus investigations into the committee's members — history should look kindly on the Jan. 6 committee's final report.
This is a preview of Anthony Fisher's latest article. Read the full column here.
