Trump to award Presidential Medal of Freedom to donor’s wife
Posted November 16, 2018 1:13 am.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has chosen the wife of powerful Republican donor Sheldon Adelson to receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The Adelsons gave Trump’s campaign a $30 million boost in 2016.
Miriam Adelson is among seven people Trump is recognizing on Friday with the medal, the highest honour America can give a civilian. It’s the first time Trump is presenting these medals.
The other recipients are retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah; Alan Page, who was elected to the Minnesota Supreme Court after an NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears; and Roger Staubach, the Hall of Fame Dallas Cowboys quarterback.
Posthumous honours are being granted to Elvis Presley, Babe Ruth and Antonin Scalia, the conservative Supreme Court justice.
Darlene Superville, The Associated Press
