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FBI Uncovers Alleged Chinese Plot Involving Fake U.S. Driver’s Licenses in 2020 Election

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By Middle Land Staff

June 17, 2025
6:16 pm
Los Angeles, CA

FBI Director Kash Patel revealed that he has handed over documents outlining “serious allegations” of Chinese interference in the 2020 U.S. presidential election to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. Patel shared the information Monday on X (formerly Twitter), stating, “The FBI has found documents detailing concerning allegations about the 2020 U.S. election, including potential interference by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). I’ve declassified the material and provided it to Chairman Grassley for further review.” He linked to a Just the News article that discussed a troubling intelligence report alleging that China mass-produced counterfeit U.S. driver’s licenses as part of a broader effort to support fraudulent mail-in ballots, potentially to benefit Joe Biden’s candidacy. The intelligence reports, dated August 2020, were allegedly pulled back and not fully investigated

Patel shared the information Monday on X (formerly Twitter), stating, “The FBI has found documents detailing concerning allegations about the 2020 U.S. election, including potential interference by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). I’ve declassified the material and provided it to Chairman Grassley for further review.”

He linked to a Just the News article that discussed a troubling intelligence report alleging that China mass-produced counterfeit U.S. driver’s licenses as part of a broader effort to support fraudulent mail-in ballots, potentially to benefit Joe Biden’s candidacy.

The intelligence reports, dated August 2020, were allegedly pulled back and not fully investigated at the time. Despite this, former FBI Director Christopher Wray testified there was no evidence of foreign interference in the 2020 election, where Biden defeated President Donald Trump.

Grassley has raised concerns over the lack of thorough investigation into the reports and their eventual dismissal.

In a statement, Patel credited Chairman Grassley’s oversight for pushing the FBI toward greater transparency. “Thanks to Chairman Grassley’s efforts, the FBI has located and handed over documents detailing serious allegations related to the 2020 election,” Patel said.

He added that the claims of a scheme involving fake mail-in ballots were “substantiated” but were “abruptly recalled and never made public.”

Sources familiar with the documents revealed that the FBI had obtained information from a confidential informant back in 2020. The informant claimed that the Chinese government was producing and exporting counterfeit U.S. driver’s licenses to facilitate fraudulent voting. Chinese nationals in the U.S. could allegedly use the fake IDs to create false identities and cast bogus ballots in Biden’s favor.

Although the report was withdrawn, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had already intercepted nearly 20,000 counterfeit U.S. driver’s licenses by the time the intelligence was retracted.

In 2020, CBP officials reported seizing 19,888 fake driver’s licenses at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport by June. The majority of the shipments were traced back to Hong Kong and China, with other shipments originating from South Korea and the UK. Many of the fake IDs were found to be aimed at college-age students, with identical photos and varying names.

In a related incident just last month, customs agents intercepted shipments at O’Hare containing thousands of counterfeit driver’s licenses along with fake designer watches. According to CBS News, of the 485 shipments from Hong Kong and China, 145 contained 516 counterfeit Rolex and other luxury watches, and 340 shipments included 4,345 fake U.S. driver’s licenses.