Unproven per Grok. Important caveat: The SSA, the former employee's lawyer, and the new employer all stated they investigated (the company did a "thorough" two-day internal review) and found no evidence confirming the claims. No thumb drive has been publicly recovered or verified as containing the data, and no charges or confirmations of actual data removal/sharing have emerged. Expectation of a presidential pardon — The complaint alleges that when a colleague raised legal concerns about helping upload the data, the engineer said he expected a Trump pardon if it was deemed illegal. This is directly from the whistleblower complaint, as reported by WaPo and echoed in secondary coverage (e.g., The Independent highlights the "God-level" access claim and pardon expectation). Again, this is an allegation (what he reportedly said), not proven conduct. "God-level" access post-employment — He allegedly claimed to still have his SSA computer and credentials with largely unrestricted ("God-level") access — far beyond what his new employer had. From the complaint via WaPo. SSA explicitly denied this: He returned his laptop, and privileges were revoked upon departure.
Yea of course the people currently working there are going to say this. They are either scared or loyal to Trump. And of course you'll believe them too. You slurp up anything Trump does or says, he could hurt your family members in front of you and you would still kiss his ass.
