Michigan State Police said it received an anonymous report and determined it was false. Buttigieg said the ordeal forced him to spend a nigh
Christopher Wiggins at The Advocate:
Pete Buttigieg said Friday that an anonymous child protective services allegation brought police and a Child Protective Services worker to his family’s home this week, forced his 4-year-old twins into forensic interviews, and left him briefly separated from them before authorities concluded the report was false. In a deeply personal Substack post titled “A Terrible Thing Happened to My Family,” the former transportation secretary described the incident as a “cruel, politically motivated hoax” that invaded his home, frightened his family, and pulled his children into the brutal machinery of American politics. “Someone decided to hurt our family this week,” Buttigieg wrote. “I’m furious, and I want to share what happened.” In a statement to The Advocate, Michigan State Police said it received an anonymous report this week and referred the matter to Child Protective Services.
“The Michigan State Police and Child Protective Services responded and determined the report was false,” the agency said in a statement provided by Shanon Banner, director of the department’s Communications and Outreach Division. “False reports are dangerous and divert law enforcement officers and Child Protective Services workers from responding to legitimate emergencies and protecting vulnerable children and families.”
Buttigieg, the first out gay Cabinet secretary confirmed by the U.S. Senate, wrote that a police officer and CPS worker came to his home and told him there had been an allegation against him involving his and husband Chasten Buttigieg’s twins. He said he was told a forensic interview had been arranged for the children the next day, that no family member could be present, and that he would not learn the nature of the allegation until after the interviews were completed. Then, Buttigieg wrote, the CPS worker told him he should not be alone with his children until the interview. “The twenty-four hours until they returned are among the darkest hours of my life,” he wrote.
The Associated Press reported Friday that Buttigieg was forced to spend a night away from his children and that a Michigan State Police officer and a child protective services worker came to the family’s home after the anonymous report. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services forwarded The Advocate’s inquiry to Michigan State Police.
Buttigieg said the anonymous caller claimed to have spoken to a woman who alleged she had met him at a conference years earlier in Alabama, where she said Buttigieg had confessed to “unspeakable violent crimes.” Buttigieg wrote that the officer asked whether he had ever been to the town where the woman claimed she had met him. Buttigieg said he had not.
Pete and Chasten Buttigieg were briefly separated from their children after a false CPS report for “abuse” was filed with the intent to target their family because of their sexual orientation.
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