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The high-profile Democrat and potential 2028 presidential contender said he couldn\u2019t see his twins for 24 hours as report was investigated.<\/strong><\/p>

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Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks at the National Action Network Convention in New York in April. (Angelina Katsanis\/AP)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Democrat Pete Buttigieg said Friday his family was the victim of a bogus and politically motivated complaint to child protective services accusing him of \u201cunspeakable violent crimes,\u201d an allegation that cut off his access to his 4-year-old twin sons for 24 hours as authorities investigated.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re used to nasty, hateful, and sometimes violent things being said about us and even about our family. But this is the first time someone managed to invade our lives like this \u2014 and drag our children into it,\u201d the prominent Democrat and former Biden transportation secretary said in an 1,800-word Substack post<\/a> revealing it.<\/p>\n

Michigan State Police confirmed in a statement they received and investigated an anonymous report they dismissed as unfounded.<\/p>\n

Widely viewed as a formidable potential 2028 presidential contender, Buttigieg is among the most prominent Democrats publicly pressing his party\u2019s case against the Trump administration and policies he argues are hurting Americans.<\/p>\n

Buttigieg, 44, lives in Michigan with husband Chasten Buttigieg, near his in-laws. He noted the threat came during Pride Month celebrating gay culture and shortly after the couple posted photos for Father\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

In his post titled \u201cA Terrible Thing Happened to My Family,\u201d Buttigieg wrote in detail about being \u201cswatted\u201d by a false report, the children each undergoing hour-long interviews with investigators and then staying their grandparents.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe twenty-four hours until they returned are among the darkest hours of my life,\u201d Buttigieg wrote.<\/p>

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Buttigieg said investigators said the anonymous allegation came from a caller who said he spoke to a woman \u201cwho 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was all,\u201d Buttigieg wrote, adding that he told investigators he\u2019d never been to the town mentioned by the caller and that investigators told him that the allegation would not be referred to prosecutors.<\/p>\n

Buttigeig said that he has been denounced, heckled and subjected to death threats while in political life, but called the weaponization of child protective services \u201cthe ugliest thing that has happened to me since my career in service began.\u201d<\/p>\n

State police spokesperson Shanon Banner said in a statement that \u201cfalse reports are dangerous and divert law enforcement officers and Child Protective Services workers from responding to legitimate emergencies and protecting vulnerable children and families.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through his political organization Win the Era, Buttigieg declined an interview request and referred other questions to the state police.<\/p>\n

Buttigieg said he would seek consequences for the people responsible.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how much we can do about it, but so help me God, if there is any way to press civil or criminal charges over this, we will. Not just for our own sakes but to draw a line that I thought everyone already recognized: do not mess with someone\u2019s kids.\u201d<\/p>

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