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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Jun 27, 2026, 02:40 PM Saturday

Pete Buttigieg Speaks Out After Being Targeted by False Report to Child Protective Services Over His Twins' Safety [View all]

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The former United States Secretary of Transportation, 44, revealed a CPS worker and a Michigan state trooper arrived at his home "a few days ago," after a false report, in a Substack post on Friday, June 26.

A Michigan State Police spokesperson confirmed to PEOPLE that an officer and CPS "responded and determined the report was false," adding, "False reports are dangerous and divert law enforcement officers and Child Protective Services workers from responding to legitimate emergencies and protecting vulnerable children and families."

Authorities told Buttigieg there was an "allegation" against him concerning Joseph August "Gus" and Penelope Rose, whom he and his husband, Chasten Buttigieg, adopted in 2021. Buttigieg added he was told by a child protective services worker that he could not be "alone" with his 4-year-old twins while they were interviewed.

A "forensic interview" was arranged for Gus and Penelope on the next day, the trooper and CPS worker told Buttigieg. Neither Buttigieg nor any family member could be present for the interview. He would only learn the "nature of the allegation" after his own interview, Buttigieg wrote.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/pete-buttigieg-speaks-false-report-235621646.html

Some busybody out of Alabamy made that complaint is what I've heard.
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