Atop Republican senator released FBI emails Tuesday appearing to show the bureau did not pursue intelligence indicating Communist China was looking to hijack the 2020 presidential election with a potential mail-in ballot scheme to assist then-Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
The bureau appeared, based on the emails, afraid it would undercut then-FBI Director Christopher Wray’s assurances to Congress that foreign meddling did not pose a threat to the presidential race.
The internal FBI emails were made public by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, “revealing the FBI suppressed intelligence of alleged Chinese interference in the 2020 election” to “insulate” then-FBI Wray “from criticism, after Wray provided inaccurate and contradictory testimony to Congress,” the Iowa Republican senator’s office said in a press release.
Wray testified in September before the House and Senate in 2020, before which which he downplayed the potential for significant foreign meddling in the 2020 election, dismissed the possibility of foreign mail-in ballot fraud and said he considered disinformation to be the biggest threat to the presidential election.
Just the News published a story last month revealing that a confidential human source told FBI counter-intelligence in the summer of 2020 that China’s communist government was seeking to meddle in the impending election to help then-candidate Biden, according to a raw intelligence report distributed to federal agencies that was reviewed and made public by Just the News.
The Intelligence Information Report (“IIR”) in question originated with the FBI’s Albany Field Office.
“These records smack of political decision-making and prove the Wray-led FBI to be a deeply broken institution,” Grassley said. “Ahead of a high-stakes election happening amid an unprecedented global pandemic, the FBI turned its back on its national security mission.
“One way or the other, intelligence must be fully investigated to determine whether it’s true, or if it’s just smoke and mirrors. Chris Wray’s FBI wasn’t looking out for the American people – it was looking to save its own image. Now’s the time to rebuild the FBI’s trust. Director Patel’s willingness to work with me to establish renewed transparency and accountability is a critical part of that process, and I applaud him for his efforts.”
Grassley made public 47 pages of partially redacted internal FBI emails from the fall of 2020, and the senator also released a letter that current FBI Assistant Director Marshall Yates wrote last week in which he summarized the declassified records.
“Following a directive from FBI Headquarters, the IIR was recalled even though ‘the IIR was coordinated and disseminated in textbook fashion.’ This IIR prompted significant attention throughout FBI Headquarters,” Yates said in his three-page letter to Grassley.
“For instance, according to an email requesting the recall, it was noted that the ‘IIR AL sent out today is getting a lot of attention from all HQ divisions.’ The recall was issued to ‘reinterview’ the source. Although the source was reengaged and provided additional context to support the initial IIR, FBI Headquarters maintained its position not to republish the report.”
The FBI official added: “One reason cited for not releasing the IIR was because ‘the reporting will contradict Director Wray’s testimony.’ Based on conversations with key individuals involved, it was conveyed that the recall of the IIR was abnormal. The rationale provided to Albany staff for the recall was that Headquarters deemed the report not ‘authoritative,’ but this characterization was met with disagreement by those in the Albany office. Internal emails reflect that Albany staff had concerns that suppressing the IIR would be ‘dangerous if we cite potential political implications as reasons for not putting out our information,’ emphasizing that it was not the role of analysts to align intelligence with public testimony.”
The raw and unverified intelligence report in question was bluntly titled “Chinese Government Production and Export of Fraudulent US Driver’s Licenses to Chinese Sympathizers in the United States, in Order to Create Tens of Thousands of Fraudulent Mail-in Votes for US Presidential Candidate Joe Biden, in late August 2020.”
The report was soon recalled, with spy agencies told to delete the information before they had a chance to properly investigate its claims.
FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino alleged in June that the bureau’s prior leadership “chose to play politics” and hide evidence from the American people regarding a Chinese plot to hijack the 2020 U.S. election with fake mail-in ballots for Biden.
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