FBI Declassifies Alleged Chinese 2020 Election Interference Documents

FBI Director Kash Patel has declassified and turned over documents to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley alleging Chinese Communist Party interference in the 2020 U.S. election. The report claims China mass-produced fake U.S. driver's licenses to facilitate fraudulent mail-in ballots aimed at helping then-Democrat nominee Joe Biden, not Donald Trump. These intelligence reports, dating back to August 2020, were reportedly substantiated but were abruptly recalled and never publicly disclosed or fully investigated at the time. Patel credited Grassley's oversight for the FBI's transparency in revealing these documents, which contradicts then-FBI Director Christopher Wray's 2020 testimony that no foreign interference plots were known before the election. The allegations have surfaced amid ongoing disputes over the 2020 election results, which Biden won and Trump contested. The newly declassified information highlights concerns that critical intelligence was dismissed rather than properly vetted during the election period.