Buttigieg says his family was target of 'politically motivated hoax' [View all]

Source: MS Now

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.”

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Watching Nicolle cover this with guests including Ian Bassin, executive director of Protect Democracy who said something by way of "we all need to take the temperature down." How disappointing for him to promote the right-wing notion that this is both sides.