Karoline Leavitt's brother furious over new report that contradicts official narrative about his son's mother

Source: The Independent

Sunday 07 December 2025 10:18 EST


The brother of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt raged against The Washington Post after a new report detailed his close relationship with the mother of his child, a Brazilian immigrant arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month.

Michael Leavitt had a child with Bruna Ferreira in 2014 after the pair met in a nightclub. The couple was even engaged for a period. Ferreira, 33, was arrested by ICE on November 12 and accused of being in the U.S. illegally after overstaying a visa from when she was a child.

Since her arrest, the White House has portrayed Ferreira as an absent mother who was not involved in Michael Leavitt's or their son’s lives. However, court records and family photos obtained by The Post paint a different picture.

“[The Washington Post is] trying to use this whole situation to push a narrative to smear me,” Michael wrote to The Post in a text message. The White House has also attempted to distance Karoline Leavitt from Ferreira, who says she once considered the press secretary a younger sister.

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