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| Keywords: 2015-07-09 White House Press Secretary on Revoking Medal of Freedom from Bill Cosby.jpg Q On another petition question Is the President aware of that petition that seeks to strip Bill Cosby of his Presidential Medal of Freedom And if so would he feel that it ™s a worthwhile thing to at least look into MR EARNEST I got asked about this yesterday I'm not aware of the specific petition I know that there had been a news release that had been generated on it And at this point I don ™t have any specific reaction to it other than to remind you as I did yesterday of the priority that this administration has placed on trying to counter sexual assault wherever it occurs including in our military and on college campuses Q Did you find out if it was legal or not Q Do you know if the President ™s aware of it MR EARNEST Go ahead I ™ll come back to you Q You don ™t know if the President ™s aware of that effort MR EARNEST I don ™t know if he ™s aware of that specific effort All right Jim Q I was just going to follow up -- we ™re you able to find out whether it was legal for the President to revoke a Medal of Freedom MR EARNEST The only thing that I ™ve been able to find out is that -- and I say this with not complete certainty -- but based on what we ™ve looked at the Presidential Medal of Freedom has not been revoked before But I don ™t know at this point whether or not it ™s possible Q Following up on that though then -- according to those who are asking for the medal to be rescinded they ™re saying the President could issue an order that the 2002 Medal of Freedom bestowed on Bill Cosby is hereby rescinded They ™re also saying that the President could make a request to Bill Cosby that he rescind it I mean what do you say to that That ™s from the statement -- MR EARNEST The only thing I know is just that it ™s never been done before But I don ™t have any -- Q Could you take that question MR EARNEST I'm not going to promise an answer to that I don ™t know that I ™ll have one But if I do I ™ll let you know https //www whitehouse gov/the-press-office/2015/07/09/press-briefing-press-secretary-josh-earnest-792015 www whitehouse gov 2015-07-09 The White House Public Domain Revoke the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Bill Cosby PD-USGov Bill Cosby in 2015 Bill Cosby-related documents Bill Cosby sexual assault allegations Revoke the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Bill Cosby | ||||
