On June 17, 2025, FBI Director Kash Patel presented Congress with a declassified intelligence report from August 2020, indicating possible Chinese interference in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The report alleges that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) mass-produced fake U.S. driver’s licenses to support fraudulent mail-in ballots, potentially favoring then-candidate Joe Biden. Although the intelligence was originally withheld during the election, it has now been disclosed to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who criticized the FBI for prematurely dismissing credible evidence. At the time, then-FBI Director Chris Wray had testified that no evidence of foreign interference existed, a claim Grassley now questions.

Patel explained that the documents were declassified to promote transparency, asserting that while the claims were initially supported, they were never thoroughly investigated. Sources cited by Just the News revealed that a new FBI confidential informant had warned of a Chinese operation to produce counterfeit IDs as part of an election fraud plan. Around that period, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reportedly seized nearly 20,000 fake driver’s licenses, possibly backing the allegations. The release of this report has reignited debate over the integrity of the 2020 election and sparked new demands for a comprehensive investigation into potential security vulnerabilities in the electoral process.