Buttigieg says family targeted in 'politically motivated hoax'
Key takeaways
- Buttigieg wrote that he was separated from his children for 24 hours while CPS conducted forensic interviews.
- Buttigieg said he had never been to the Alabama town where this alleged conversation occurred and that the police officer made clear that he believed this was politically motivated.
- Many times over the years, I have been denounced, yelled at, protested, threatened, and heckled, Buttigieg wrote.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
In a Substack post titled A Terrible Thing Happened to My Family, the former Biden administration official said he was the subject of a swatting incident, a type of harassment in which someone issues a false emergency report.
Buttigieg wrote that he was separated from his children for 24 hours while CPS conducted forensic interviews. The former secretary called this time period among the darkest hours of my life.
The Democrat said that a CPS worker and a police officer showed up at his house in Traverse City, Mich., after an anonymous caller claimed that he had spoken with a woman whom Buttigieg had personally told at a conference that he had committed unspeakable violent crimes.