Buttigieg separated from children after being targeted by false CPS report
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he was briefly separated from his 4-year-old twins after an anonymous caller filed a false report with Child Protective Services concerning his family.
TL;DR
- Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was the target of a false report to Child Protective Services.
- The anonymous report claimed Buttigieg posed a danger to his four-year-old twins, leading to their temporary separation.
- The incident involved Michigan State Police and CPS, who conducted forensic interviews with the children.
- Buttigieg described the 24 hours without his children as 'among the darkest hours of my life'.
- The report stemmed from a caller who claimed Buttigieg admitted to committing violent crimes, which Buttigieg denies.
- Police concluded the report was politically motivated and false, with no charges pursued.
- Buttigieg condemned the politically motivated nature of the incident, calling it 'bloodsport'.
- He stated his intention to press civil or criminal charges if possible.
- The false report was made shortly after Father's Day and during Pride Month.