FBI Suppressed Chinese Election Meddling Probe in 2020 to Avoid Contradictory Messaging, Records Suggest

By Eva Fu

FBI Suppressed Chinese Election Meddling Probe in 2020 to Avoid Contradictory Messaging, Records Suggest

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FBI Suppressed Chinese Election Meddling Probe in 2020 to Avoid Contradictory Messaging, Records Suggest

Agency officials called the report ‘not authoritative’ and suppressed its issuance, despite FBI analyst concerns.

Eva FuReporter

7/2/2025|Updated: 7/2/2025

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.

Eva FuReporterEva Fu is an award-winning, New York-based journalist for The Epoch Times focusing on U.S. politics, U.S.-China relations, religious freedom, and human rights. Contact Eva at [email protected]
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