Grassley Releases Emails Showing FBI Buried 2020 Chinese Ballot Fraud Report

Whether a handful of Headquarters officials can recall a field office's raw intelligence with no written, reviewable standard.

Grassley released FBI emails showing Headquarters recalled a 2020 Albany report alleging Chinese ballot fraud the same day it issued.

Why it matters: Trust in what the public is allowed to see about its own elections, cutting against every side.

Date to watch: Full FBI/DOJ response and full publication of the July 16, 2026 declassified batch.

Sources:

• Senate Judiciary Committee / Chairman Grassley press release (2025-07-01)
  https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/grassley-releases-bombshell-records-showing-fbi-headquarters-interfered-with-alleged-chinese-election-interference-probe-to-shield-christopher-wray-from-political-blowback
• FBI IIR email productions to Chairman Grassley (2025-07-01)
  https://www.grassley.senate.gov/download/fbi-iir-email-productions-to-chairman-grassley
• FBI cover letter to Grassley (Asst. Director Marshall Yates) (2025-06-27)
  https://www.grassley.senate.gov/download/fbi-to-grassley_-iir
• Grassley letter to the FBI requesting the records (2025-06-17)
  https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/grassley_to_fbi_-_iir.pdf
• FBI Director Christopher Wray testimony, Senate Homeland Security Committee (NBC News) (2020-09-24)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0irbM9ZIv5E

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