Yeah, Pres-elect Trump seemed to give out Medals haphazardly during his first term.
Trump gives presidential medal of freedom to Republican ally Nunes (January 2021)
www.theguardian.com
... Donald Trump has given the presidential medal of freedom, the highest US civilian honour, to Devin Nunes, a Republican ally in Congress who supported him in the Russia investigation, his impeachment and other Washington scandals.
Jim Jordan of Ohio, an "attack dog" for Trump in such matters, is also expected to be given the award.
The Washington Post first 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. The White House later said Trump had presented the medal to Nunes on Monday.
Established by John F Kennedy, the medal is meant to recognise those who have made an "especially meritorious contribution" to national security, world peace or "cultural or other significant public or private endeavours".
Nunes, a former California dairy farmer, was a loyal ally during the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election and links between Trump and Moscow.
He rejected intelligence community findings, promoted conspiracy theories and, in March 2017, made what his Democratic counterpart Adam Schiff called an "extraordinary and peculiar midnight run" to the White House to view specially provided intelligence material.
The congressman also famously mounted a lawsuit over the activities of Twitter accounts entitled "Devin Nunes' Mom" and "Devin Nunes' Cow". ...
