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Joseph Carl Roberts, a man once hailed by Donald Trump's presidential administration as a victim of #MeToo hysteria, has reportedly been arrested for allegedly murdering and dismembering his girlfriend.

Roberts is accused of killing Rachel Elizabeth Imani Buckner, his girlfriend who was reportedly found in a large garbage bag wrapped in duct tape. He allegedly sought to hide his victim's identities by removing body parts.

Her head, hands, and feet were removed, according to local reports from the San Francisco Chronicle....

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Top Democratic strategy firm SKDK told The 19th on Wednesday that it was an “error” to have advised a since-indicted Illinois House speaker on #MeToo claims against his aides as SKDK representatives also worked with one of the women who had levied them.

SKDK was addressing newly released court records that show how in 2018, as the #MeToo movement gathered force, Anita Dunn and her firm, SKDK, advised then-Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan on sexual harassment claims made against his longtime chief of staff, Tim Mapes, and political operative Kevin Quinn. Dunn is one of the most sought-after Democratic strategists and a longtime confidante of President Joe Biden, whom she now advises from within the White House. ...