FBI Recalls 2020 Intel on Alleged China Fake Driver Licenses for Mail-In Vote Fraud

In 2020, a confidential human source informed the FBI that China’s communist government was producing and shipping fake U.S. driver’s licenses into the United States to facilitate tens of thousands of fraudulent mail-in votes for President Joe Biden during the presidential election. FBI Director Kash Patel later declassified documents related to this intelligence and provided them to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, revealing that the report, initially sent as an uncorroborated advisory, was abruptly recalled with instructions to destroy all copies to re-interview the source. Despite Customs and Border Protection seizing nearly 20,000 counterfeit licenses, the FBI under then-Director Christopher Wray did not fully investigate or corroborate the allegations, and the intelligence was not publicly disclosed at the time. Senator Grassley has sought further documentation on the recall and the FBI’s handling of the investigation, questioning why the report was destroyed. The revelations highlight concerns about foreign interference in the 2020 election, and FBI officials have emphasized ongoing transparency efforts regarding the matter. This episode adds to previous controversies about election integrity and alleged undue influences during the 2020 election cycle.