FBI Dismissed Source Claims of CCP Interference in 2020 Election to Avoid Contradicting Director, Documents Show

The FBI in 2020 blocked a probe into suspected Chinese interference into U.S. elections for fear of contradicting then-director Christopher Wray’s public testimony, newly released records indicate.

The FBI internal emails, which Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) made public on July 1, showed the agency initially releasing an intelligence report raising concerns about possible fraudulent mail-in ballot voting efforts from China, then recalling the alert on the same day as it attracted high attention.