Published by TrenBuzz.com | June 26, 2026 | BREAKING
Key Points at a Glance – Pete Buttigieg CPS False Report
- Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he was recently the victim of a “cruel, politically motivated hoax” that brought police to his Traverse City home and temporarily separated him from his adopted twins.
- The Pete Buttigieg CPS false report alleged that Buttigieg had “committed unspeakable violent crimes” based on a secondhand claim that he had confessed to a woman at a conference in Alabama years earlier.
- As a result, Buttigieg was told by CPS he could not be alone with his 4-year-old children until they were forensically interviewed the following day. His children went to stay with their grandparents.
- “The twenty-four hours until they returned are among the darkest hours of my life,” Buttigieg wrote in his Substack post published Friday.
- Michigan State Police confirmed the report was determined to be false, saying in a statement: “False reports are dangerous and divert law enforcement officers and Child Protective Services workers from responding to legitimate emergencies.”
- Buttigieg called the Pete Buttigieg CPS false report an act of “swatting with Child Protective Services instead of a SWAT team” and noted it happened during Pride Month shortly after he shared Father’s Day photos of his family online.
Pete Buttigieg CPS False Report: What He Was Told by Police and Investigators
The investigating officer told Buttigieg he believed the report was politically motivated and would not seek prosecution. The CPS worker indicated she found nothing to substantiate the allegation.
“After the officer, the CPS worker, and the lawyers all left, Chasten and I hugged each other as tightly as we have any time since the day our son was put on life support as a critically ill infant just weeks after the adoption,” Buttigieg wrote.
Buttigieg Ties the Attack to Pride Month and LGBTQ Homophobia
“It’s not lost on me that this happened soon after we shared photos of our family on social media for Father’s Day. Or that this occurred during a month meant to make families like ours feel welcome and safe,” Buttigieg wrote.
“I cannot describe the mix of rage and sadness that I feel at the idea that someone brought our children into this. They are four years old. Four. They do not know or care what a Democrat or a Republican is. They don’t know how politics works. They don’t know about hate,” he wrote.
New York Times and National Reaction: Bipartisan Support Pours In
News of the Pete Buttigieg CPS false report prompted bipartisan support from Congress members across party lines, with Buttigieg’s account drawing national attention from the New York Times and major networks.
Buttigieg wrote: “Many times over the years, I have been denounced, yelled at, protested, threatened, and heckled. I’ve been through political attacks in office, death threats in public life, and rocket attacks in war. But this is the ugliest thing that has happened to me since my career in service began.”
Making a false report of felony child abuse in Michigan is itself a crime, punishable by up to four years in prison and a $2,000 fine. The anonymous caller has not been identified as of publication.
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