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NNadir

(33,633 posts)
Fri Jan 8, 2021, 04:19 PM Jan 2021

A student who worked briefly as an intern where my son is employed...

...put her experience there on her LinkedIn page.

She was not hired, but my son said she never talked politics there.

She joined the terrorist attack on the Capitol and his bragging all over the internet about it.

My son's boss, the owner of the company, has been fielding calls about it all day, and explaining the situation.

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Irish_Dem

(50,015 posts)
5. Just mind boggling they are bragging about their criminal behavior all over the internet.
Fri Jan 8, 2021, 04:27 PM
Jan 2021

Committing federal crimes is serious.

NNadir

(33,633 posts)
10. My understanding is that she'll not the brightest bulb...
Fri Jan 8, 2021, 04:58 PM
Jan 2021

...on the planet, which is why she was not hired.

Irish_Dem

(50,015 posts)
11. If she is not bright, and the president of the US told her to do something
Fri Jan 8, 2021, 05:07 PM
Jan 2021

she may have thought she would be OK.

Trump's lies are serious. People listen to a sitting US president.
He lied to manipulate people to do crimes for him.

niyad

(114,619 posts)
6. I am so sorry for what your son's boss is having to deal with. How awful that this terrorist can
Fri Jan 8, 2021, 04:29 PM
Jan 2021

cause such ancillary damage.

NNadir

(33,633 posts)
9. That may or may not have been done, but even if the FBI...
Fri Jan 8, 2021, 04:56 PM
Jan 2021

...is investigating the little terrorist thug that's not going to change the LinkedIn page and the connection.

NNadir

(33,633 posts)
13. The boss did this, notified the FBI.
Fri Jan 8, 2021, 06:43 PM
Jan 2021

At first my son's boss was trying to be kind, saying "kids sometimes do stupid things they regret..." but the little twit called the office to threaten to sue the company because the boss sent an email asking her to remove reference to the company on Linkedin.

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