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Felicity Huffman tweet about back-to-school 'hacks' reemerges amid FBI probe into 'college bribing' scandal

Resurfaced tweets posted from Felicity Huffman ’s Twitter account indicate the actor once asked social media users about their favourite back-to-school “hacks” – less than three years before she was charged for allegedly taking part in what has been described as a large-scale college bribery scheme.Huffman and her fellow actor Lori Loughlin have been charged with at least 40 other people over a scheme in which wealthy parents allegedly bribed college coaches and insiders at testing centres to help get their children into some of the most elite schools in the country.The FBI said 13 defendants have been taken into custody in the Los Angeles area, including Huffman.From extras.The former Desperate Housewives star regularly tweeted about school, often from her perspective as the parent of two daughters.In August 2016, she notably wrote: ”What are your best ‘hacks’ for the back-to-school season?”That message earned attention after it was revealed Huffman was among those charged as part of the alleged scheme.“Well this aged well,” someone wrote sarcastically.“More importantly what are yours? Pretty sure the FBI wants to know,” another person tweeted in response to Huffman’s original tweet.In another message from November 2017, the actor said she was on a college visit with one of her two daughters and attached a photo of two people dressed as dinosaurs on campus, saying they just “came down the lane”.