HEAVY MEDAL

"The idea of the insurrection's organizers being marched out in leg irons and hauled off to prison is pure political hyperbole," explains Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi just ahead of the House committee Jan. 6 hearings. "We have a perfectly good Congressional dungeon for that purpose." The occasion marked by this august photo was the awarding of the Lincoln Medal to music-biz luminary Clive Davis and the Hon. James Clyburn (D-N.C.) at Ford's Theater in D.C. Music, speeches and pageantry abounded. The annual gala supports the nonprofit Ford's Theater Society in its educational and other efforts. Pelosi presented Davis with his medal for exemplifying the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. As the Great Emancipator himself once remarked, "The new single from Manfred Mann's Earth Band is a winner and sure to be a highlight of the fiscal quarter." Seen just before Roger Stone received the John Wilkes Booth Award are (l-r) Paul Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi and Davis.