Matt Harrigan, CEO of PacketSled, was placed on administrative leave today by the company for making comments on a sub-Reddit discussion that he was going to kill the president elect.
Harrigan made the comments on Facebook, which were then copied into a sub-Reddit and by Monday he was suspended.
“I'm going to kill the president. Elect,” he reportedly wrote, followed by a string of malevolent comments supporting his initial written intent.
In a statement on PacketSled's website the network security company said it not only removed him from his position, but reported Harrigan to law enforcement.
“PacketSled takes recent comments made by our CEO, seriously. Once we were made aware of these comments, we immediately reported this information to the secret service and will cooperate fully with any inquiries. These comments do not reflect the views or opinions of PacketSled, its employees, investors or partners. Our CEO has been placed on administrative leave,” the company wrote.
Harrigan recanted his anti-Trump comments in a series of Tweets.
customers, investors or the officers of @packetsled. I have no malicious intention towards the #POTUS, and apologize to all for …
— Matt Harrigan (@mattharrigan) November 13, 2016
The company did not say who will take over during Harrigan's absence.