The FBI Director, Kash Patel, recently shared details with Congress regarding a concerning Chinese operation, which allegedly involved the creation of thousands of fake U.S. driver’s licenses linked to the 2020 election.
While specifics remain somewhat unclear, sources suggest these licenses were intended for use in a scheme involving mail-in ballots, potentially favoring former President Joe Biden, as explained by a spokesman for Patel.
Authorities became aware of this suspicious campaign around August 2020, but details were retracted for reasons that are not completely understood, the spokesman noted.
At that time, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized around 20,000 counterfeit licenses.
Biden’s victories in critical states like Arizona and Georgia were achieved by margins exceeding 10,000 votes each, while Trump lost Wisconsin by over 20,000 votes.
Patel declassified an intelligence report and forwarded it to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who leads the Senate Judiciary Committee, for further analysis.
“The FBI has uncovered documents that suggest surprising allegations concerning the 2020 U.S. election, including claims of interference by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),” Patel stated on X.
“I promptly declassified the information and provided it to Chair Grassley for additional review,” he added.
Grassley has raised doubts about whether the Intelligence Reporting Agency has sufficiently investigated these allegations, pushing the FBI to look into the matter further despite evidence from the fake licenses.
“Thanks to Chairman Grassley’s oversight and collaboration, the FBI continues to offer greater transparency to the public,” Patel remarked. “In fact, we located the documents that Chairman Grassley requested.”
He elaborated that these materials include a plan attributed to the CCP to manufacture fake drivers’ licenses, which would then be sent to the U.S. to facilitate fraudulent mail-in voting.
A recently confidential source hinted at this plot, though it’s unclear what steps the FBI had taken to address it at the time.
This article reached out to Grassley’s office for comments and further information.
Concerns regarding the production of counterfeit licenses in China have been ongoing. Back in 2012, several senators, including Grassley and former Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), sent a letter urging Chinese officials to halt the creation of fake U.S. driver’s licenses and related documents.
This outreach stemmed from worries about approximately 1,700 counterfeit licenses seized at O’Hare Airport in Chicago.
Since taking over the FBI, Patel has committed to enhancing the bureau’s transparency and providing lawmakers with information that has historically been difficult to obtain.
