Among those being honored are seven members of law enforcement, including a posthumous award to Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after the attack.
FILE - Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, is comforted by her mother Ruby Freeman, right, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.
Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, June 21, 2022. President Joe Biden on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, will present the nation's second highest civilian to 12 individuals involved in defending the Capitol during the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, and safeguarding the will of American voters in the 2020 presidential election, including Moss and Freeman.
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