The FBI in 2020 blocked a probe of suspected Chinese interference into U.S. elections for fear of contradicting then-Director Christopher Wray’s public testimony, newly released records indicate.
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.
In the emails, the FBI headquarters cited reliability questions as the rationale for the recall and instructed the Albany office, which had put out the file, to reinterview the source for further information….
FBI Dismissed Source Claims of CCP Interference in 2020 Election to Avoid Contradicting Director, Documents Show
