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Daily Mail
25-06-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Kash Patel uncovers proof former FBI bosses buried evidence that China interfered in 2020 election as he vows to take action
FBI Director Kash Patel has dug up evidence the agency shut down an investigation that shows the former director buried proof China interfered in the 2020 presidential election. The Daily Mail can exclusively report that Patel plans to hand over to Congress on Wednesday proof that former FBI Director Christopher Wray lied to Congress. Specifically, he will detail how headquarters 'recalled' a report solely because it contradicted Wray's claims under oath to Congress that China was not conducting a foreign influence campaign in U.S. elections. The FBI field office in Albany, New York produced an Internal Intelligence Report (IRR) that was published and then pulled back without justification, Patel reveals. FBI bosses at the time shut down this legitimate investigation into the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to shield Wray from fallout, sources tell the Daily Mail. The FBI was investigating at the time the existence of CCP-produced drivers licenses to obtain paper ballots and the Albany office published an IRR on the claims. They were then told by headquarters to pull the report and pretend it didn't exist, Patel will reveal. The current Director will tell Congress on Wednesday that the reason the IRR on this investigation was never released was because they admitted that 'the reporting will contradict Director Wray's testimony.' An FBI official tells the Daily Mail that the current FBI found the IRR and discovered that previous leadership pulled the report. During a hearing before the Senate in September 2020, then-Director Wray was asked by Republican Sen. Gary Peters whether voting by mail is secure. 'We take all election threats seriously,' Wray said at the time. 'And our role is to investigate the threat accuracy,' he added before insisting: 'Now, we have not seen, historically, any kind of coordinated national voter fraud effort in a major election, whether it's by mail or otherwise.' But Patel's new bombshell information claims that this was not true and that Wray lied to Congress while under oath. Patel vows that there will be accountability for those who tried to bury the report and continue pushing claims that there was no legitimate evidence that the CCP was conducting a foreign influence campaign on the 2020 presidential election. 'Based on our continued review and production of FBI documents related to the CCP's plot to interfere in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election, previous FBI leadership chose to play politics and withhold key information from the American people – exposing the weaponization of law enforcement for political purposes during the height of the 2020 election season,' Patel said in a statement with Deputy Director Dan Bongino. They added: 'This FBI leadership team will continue keeping our promise of aggressive transparency and working around the clock to fix the underlying problems to restore the FBI to the trusted institution the American people deserve.' Patel will tell Congress that the FBI's Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF) did not approve reissuance of the IRR after it was pulled and then further confirmed by investigators. 'We have found no information to indicate that FITF-China properly investigated the reported information or followed logical investigative leads, despite corroborating intergovernmental reporting,' Patel will reveal on Wednesday.
The Independent
12-05-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
China's ‘interference' blamed on resignation of Solomon Islands minister from group critical of Beijing
China has been accused of interference in the Solomon Islands for allegedly forcing a minister to quit from a global alliance of parliamentarians critical of Beijing 's growing influence. Solomon Islands' rural development minister Daniel Waneoroa announced his resignation from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) on Sunday to support the ruling government. Mr Waneoroa said he was stepping down from his role as one of the co-chairs of IPAC to contribute to national political stability. 'This decision reflects my personal conviction and unwavering commitment to the principles of democracy, transparency, and accountability,' Mr Waneoroa said in a statement. China's embassy in the Solomon Islands denied the allegation of interference as 'baseless'. Ipac is an international and cross-party group of lawmakers from democratic countries who work together to counter the Chinese government's growing global influence. It has raised concerns about Beijing's actions in regions like Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong. China's influence increased significantly during the term of prime minister Jeremiah Manele's predecessor, with the country switching diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China and striking a secret security pact. It thrust the Pacific archipelago of 700,000 into international spotlight as the alliance raised fears of China's security forces gaining a foothold in the region long dominated by the US, Australia, and New Zealand. The resignation has drawn swift condemnation from Ipac and non-profit organisation Transparency Solomon Islands, which blamed China for its interference in politics on the island. The Ipac accused China of 'bullying behaviour' and said Beijing has issued a "direct and shocking challenge" to the sovereignty of the Solomon Islands, according to ABC Australia. The Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) called on the Chinese embassy in Solomon to not 'create further political instability in our country for your own interests'. 'The people of Solomon Islands have endured enough political turmoil. We need a stable government that can focus on addressing our developmental, economic, and social challenges.' Mr Waneoroa resigned from Ipac just 10 days after he was appointed rural development minister. He has served as the chair of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Climate Change and Environment at the Ipac. Mr Waneoroa's decision came after the Chinese embassy requested a meeting with the minister over his affiliations with the Ipac, which angered China with its strong links with Taiwan and its efforts to mount international pressure on Beijing for its alleged human rights violations in Hong Kong and Xinjiang, according to Transparency Solomon Islands. It said: "The People's Republic of China must understand: Solomon Islands is not a satellite state like Hong Kong. "No embassy has the right to issue political demands or threats to our sovereign nation.' China's embassy said in a statement: "China will never interfere in Solomon Islands' internal affairs, and also firmly oppose any other countries' interference in Solomon Islands' internal affairs." "[The] Chinese embassy firmly opposes such baseless allegation, and reiterates its support to the political stability of Solomon Islands." It comes a month after China was accused of forcing two African nations Malawi and The Gambia to quit IPAC through 'extreme diplomatic coercion'.
