Buttigieg family split after false CPS report in Michigan

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg revealed on Friday that his family was subjected to a false and politically motivated report to Child Protective Services, forcing him to be separated from his four-year-old twins for 24 hours. The incident, which Buttigieg described as a "cruel hoax," occurred at the family's home in Traverse City, Michigan.

According to Buttigieg, a Michigan State Police officer and a CPS worker arrived at his home earlier this week after receiving an anonymous report alleging he posed a danger to his children. The authorities arranged forensic interviews for the twins, Gus and Penelope, and instructed Buttigieg that he could not be alone with them until the interviews were completed. The children subsequently spent the night at their grandparents' home.

Buttigieg detailed the ordeal in an emotional Substack post, writing that the 24-hour period was "among the darkest hours of my life." He said he was not allowed to be present for his children's interviews and would only learn the nature of the allegation afterward. Investigators later informed him that the anonymous caller claimed to have spoken to a woman who said Buttigieg confessed to...