A recently declassified intelligence report has been presented to Congress, sparking significant alarm over potential interference by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the 2020 U.
S. presidential election.
The report suggests that the CCP may have attempted to sway the election in favor of then-candidate Joe Biden by mass-producing counterfeit American driver's licenses to fraudulently cast mail-in ballots.
This intelligence document, dated August 2020, was delivered to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley by FBI Director Kash Patel. As reported by The Post Millennial, the intelligence was never thoroughly investigated or corroborated. Instead, it was retracted by intelligence agencies around the time when then-FBI Director Chris Wray testified before Congress, asserting that no foreign plots to influence the election had been detected.
Kash Patel emphasized that the release of this document is a step toward greater transparency, fulfilling oversight requests from Chairman Grassley. Patel stated, Thanks to the oversight work and partnership of Chairman Grassley, the FBI continues to provide unprecedented transparency at the peoples Bureau.
The report includes allegations that the CCP planned to manufacture fake driver's licenses and ship them to the United States to facilitate fraudulent mail-in ballots. Although these allegations were substantiated, they were abruptly recalled and never disclosed to the public.
The intelligence report originated from a confidential source who alleged that the Chinese government was actively producing counterfeit driver's licenses to create fraudulent voter identities. The source claimed that the objective was to enable Chinese nationals residing in the U.S. to vote via mail-in ballots in favor of Joe Biden.
Despite these serious allegations, FBI leadership at the time dismissed them, citing the need for further vetting of the source. However, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reportedly intercepted nearly 20,000 fake U.S. driver's licenses during the same period, potentially corroborating the claims.
The report was never made public and was withdrawn from active investigation shortly after being filed. Chairman Grassley has consistently expressed concerns about the intelligence community's handling of election interference threats.
His ongoing investigation aims to determine whether political considerations influenced the decision to shelve the CCP-related intelligence. This development raises questions about the integrity of the electoral process and the potential impact of foreign interference on American democracy.
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