On Sunday afternoon, the Twitter and Facebook accounts that are linked to Matt Harrigan included comments threatening Donald Trump. One of the Facebook post from Matt Harrigan reads “I’m going to kill the president. Elect”, followed by “Bring it secret service,”Nope, getting a sniper rifle and perching myself where it counts. Find a bedroom in the whitehouse that suits you mother******. I’ll find you” Matt Harrigan even challenged the CIA to stop him. Unfortunately, the comments were recorded by someone from his Facebook friend list and posted the screenshots on Reddit. In a short period of time, the posts went viral. According to ABC News 10, the words he used in Facebook got back to the company he worked for. However, Matt Harrigan spent no time and apologized for his remarks in the statement on PacketSled’s website and says that the threats are just a “Jokes”
Here’s the full apology:
Matt Harrigan’s apologetic statement has been removed from the PacketSled website. The company update a new post and notified that they “accepted the resignation of President and CEO Matt Harrigan, effective immediately.” Best Regards, Matt Harrigan “We want to be very clear, PacketSled does not condone the comments made by Mr. Harrigan, which do not reflect the views or opinions of the company, its employees, investors or partners,” Since the apology statement was removed from the website, Matt Harrigan tweeted apologizing comments on Twitter three times. https://twitter.com/mattharrigan/status/797912619227058177 https://twitter.com/mattharrigan/status/797911798699544576 https://twitter.com/mattharrigan/status/797911562543468546 The US Law states that activity like threatening a president, the vice-president is a federal crime anyone who “knowingly and willfully threatens to kill, kidnap or inflict bodily harm upon” the president-elect can face fine and up to 5 years in prison. So, what do you think about this? Share your views in the comment section below.
