A county prosecutor in Indiana has opted not to file criminal charges against a woman who allegedly made a false child welfare complaint against former South Bend mayor and U.S. transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg.
The false claim resulted in police and child welfare investigators going to Buttigieg’s home in Traverse City, Michigan in June. Buttigieg wasn’t allowed to be alone with his two children until forensic interviews could be completed.
Investigators reportedly determined the call came from Marshall County, Indiana. In an email to Indiana State Police investigators in July, Marshall County Prosecutor Nelson Chipman acknowledged that the false report resulted in a “brief but intrusive investigation of an innocent individual and his family.”…