WASHINGTON—The FBI has stepped up scrutiny over how it handled previously undisclosed documents containing claims of Chinese interference in the 2020 elections.
The documents, which the agency’s director declassified on June 16 and shared with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), were dated months before the 2020 presidential election. They show that the FBI alerted federal agencies that fraudulent U.S. driver’s licenses from China were being shipped to the United States—then recalled the advisory and asked for the file’s destruction, according to files that The Epoch Times has obtained.
“This report was recalled in order to re-interview the source,” the recall document stated. “Recipients should destroy all copies of the original report and remove the original report from all computer holdings. Recipients should also ensure that any citation of the information in finished intelligence products draws on the SUBSTANTIVE RECALL of this report rather than the previous version.”…
FBI Renews Scrutiny Over Handling of 2020 Election Interference Allegation Against China
