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Biden bashes Trump, honors top US Democrats at medal ceremony

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US President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former US Secretary of State John Kerry in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 3, 2024. [AFP]

US President Joe Biden took pointed digs at election rival Donald Trump Friday as he awarded the country's top civilian honor to Democratic allies including former House speaker Nancy Pelosi and vice president Al Gore.

Biden said the veteran Pelosi had "defended democracy" during the January 6, 2021 assault on the US capitol by a mob of Trump supporters enraged by the Republican's election loss a few weeks earlier.

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