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Chicago company 'severed ties' with agent who went to Capitol protests

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Real Estate company, @properties has fired one of its Chicago agents following her involvement in the Wednesday riot.

The agent, Libby Andrews posted selfies of herself and the crowd at the Capitol building. The pictures and posts have since been deleted from social media. She also posted that they had stormed the U.S Capitol and that, “History! It’s not done yet!” according to The Real Deal.

Andrews later said she wasn’t at the protests to cause any trouble and, instead, was there to support President Donald Trump.

@properties released a statement saying it did not condone Andrews’ actions in participating in the protests.

“Over the past several hours, @properties has received a tremendous amount of outreach regarding the actions of one of our agents, Libby Andrews, yesterday in Washington, DC,” the statement read. “Effective immediately, @properties is terminating this agent, who acknowledged on social media, that she took part in ‘storming the Capitol,’ @properties does not condone violence, destruction or illegal activities.”

A list of companies have since condemned and distanced themselves from the Jan. 6 events. Goosehead, a Texan Insurance company fired their associate general counsel, Paul Davis, with the CEO officially announcing the company had no involvement in Davis’ participation. A Maryland- based firm, Navistar Direct Marketing has also parted ways with an employee who was seen with a company badge inside the U.S Capitol.

"While we support all employees' right to peaceful, lawful exercise of free speech, any employee demonstrating dangerous conduct that endangers the health and safety of others will no longer have an employment opportunity with Navistar Direct Marketing," Navistar wrote.

The violent protests which were reportedly incited by Donald Trump led to the loss of four lives, with more than 50 police officers injured. Subsequently, Trump’s Twitter account was suspended and Facebook Page banned.

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