Key facts
- Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was the subject of a false anonymous report.
- The report led to Buttigieg being separated from his four-year-old twins for 24 hours.
- Michigan State Police and child protective services investigated the claim and found it to be false.
- Buttigieg believes the incident was politically motivated and described it as "among the darkest hours of my life."
- The false report alleged Buttigieg had confessed to violent crimes years earlier.
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stated he was the target of a false anonymous report that forced him to spend a night away from his four-year-old twins. According to Buttigieg's account, Michigan State Police and child protective services responded to an anonymous allegation that he posed a danger to his children. This led to forensic interviews for his twins and instructions for Buttigieg not to be alone with them until the interviews were completed.