False Report Kept Pete Buttigieg From 4-Year-Old Twins for 24 Hours
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Updated · The Associated Press · Jun 26
False Report Kept Pete Buttigieg From 4-Year-Old Twins for 24 Hours
3 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · Jun 26
Summary
Michigan State Police and child protective services barred Pete Buttigieg from being alone with his 4-year-old twins until forensic interviews were completed after an anonymous report alleged he endangered them.
Police later determined the allegation was false, and Buttigieg said investigators told him the caller claimed he had confessed years earlier to violent crimes in Alabama — a story he said was fabricated.
Buttigieg called the 24-hour separation "among the darkest hours of my life," said CPS found nothing to substantiate the report, and said police believed the episode was politically motivated.
The incident came soon after he posted Father’s Day family photos and adds to a broader rise in politically driven false emergency reports, or swatting, against public officials.