White House Adviser Anita Dunn Faces #MeToo Conflict of Interest

Anita Dunn, a top adviser to President Joe Biden and co-founder of the communications firm SKDK, provided "crisis communications" assistance to Michael Madigan, the former Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, while her firm was also supporting a victim of sexual harassment through its partnership with the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund. Dunn and her firm earned over $200,000 for their work with Madigan, who was being sued by a former employee for retaliation. The revelation of this conflict of interest has raised questions about Dunn's ethics and her connections to men accused of harassment in the past. SKDK initially defended their work for Madigan but later apologized, acknowledging the error. The trial also revealed that Dunn had provided unpaid PR advice to Harvey Weinstein and participated in a book by journalist Mark Halperin, who had faced accusations of workplace sexual harassment.