Matt Harrigan is former CEO of the security tech company Packetsled.

Harrigan lives in San Diego.

^[2]He is a graduate of Northern Arizona University.

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When Donald Trump was elected President, Harrigan wrote on Facebook, “I’m going to kill the president.

Elect.”

and “Bring in secret service.”

When someone told him to relax, he wrote, “Nope, getting a sniper rifle and perching myself where it counts.

Find a bedroom in the whitehouse that that suits you motherfucker.

I’ll find you.”

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A post about Harrigan’s threats received 4,752 points and over 700 comments on the Donald Trump Subreddit.

Although he has not yet been charged with a crime, threatening the president is a felony under United States Code Title 18, Section 871.

A person who knowingly makes a threat against the president will be fined, imprisoned for up to five years, or both.

Harrigan says his comments were "a flawed joke".

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Packetsled has reported his comments to the Secret Service.

Harrigan resigned on November 15, 2016.

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