President Donald Trump on Monday gave the Medal of Freedom to Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), who helped break open the Spygate scandal. The White House said in a statement that Nunes “began to unearth the crime of the century” when as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee in 2017 he began probing possible misconduct by President Barack Obama’s administration during the 2016 election. Nunes uncovered that the unsubstantiated dossier compiled by ex-British spy Christopher Steele was funded by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee. He learned a top Department of Justice official was married to one of the document’s main researchers. And he found that the Obama administration had issued secret warrants to spy on Trump’s campaign and unmasked several current or former campaign associates. “Devin Nunes’ courageous actions helped thwart a plot to take down a sitting United States president. Devin’s efforts led to …