Buttigieg says his family was target of ‘politically motivated hoax’
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said his family has been targeted in a “politically motivated hoax” after someone made a false report to Child Protective Services alleging he committed crimes against his children.
“An anonymous caller had contacted CPS,” Buttigieg wrote in a post on Substack on Friday. “The caller said that he had spoken to a woman who claimed to have met me at a conference several years ago in Alabama, where she said I told her that I had committed unspeakable violent crimes, and the caller believed my children were still at risk.”
Buttigieg, a prominent Democrat and potential 2028 presidential contender, likened the incident to “swatting” — when someone calls 911 to falsely report an immediate threat, often at a public figure’s home — “but with Child Protective Services instead of a SWAT team.”
The CPS worker assigned to the case did not find anything to substantiate the allegation, Buttigieg said, adding that he doesn’t know the identity of the person who made the accusation.
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Hayley Meissner is the senior producer for MS NOW’s Breaking News and Blogs team.
