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FBI Declassifies Alleged Chinese Fake ID Plot to Influence 2020 Election

Senator Chuck Grassley is requesting further FBI records to verify the report’s allegations as he investigates who ordered its recall under former leadership.

Flags hang outside of the J. Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) building on June, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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Kash Patel
Kash Patel

Overview

  • The declassified August 2020 FBI intelligence report alleges that Chinese operatives mass-produced fake US driver’s licenses to submit fraudulent mail-in ballots favoring Joe Biden.
  • US Customs and Border Protection reportedly seized nearly 20,000 counterfeit licenses around the time the intelligence was first compiled.
  • The report was initially recalled under former FBI Director Chris Wray and never publicly disclosed or fully investigated.
  • Senator Chuck Grassley has received the documents and is requesting additional FBI communications and unclassified materials to verify the allegations and identify who ordered the recall.
  • Beijing has denied any involvement in manipulating the 2020 or 2024 US elections.