In a plot twist worthy of a spy thriller, Haoxiang Gao, a Chinese national and University of Michigan student, who (allegedly) cast an illegal vote in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, apparently vanished faster than a politician’s promise after election day. The vote he cast was at a polling location on the University of Michigan campus.

The DOJ believes he registered to vote by using his University of Michigan student ID and falsely claiming U.S. citizenship on his voter registration form. Yes – apparently, it was THAT easy to cheat the system. And chances are, it still is.

According to a press release from the DOJ on June 3, Gao surrendered his Chinese passport and was ordered to remain in Michigan. However, a recently unsealed FBI criminal complaint revealed that he used a second passport to board a flight to Shanghai on January 19, 2025 – just one day before President Trump’s inauguration.

Gao has been charged with both state and federal crimes and now he’s also facing a federal charge for fleeing to avoid prosecution. However, it’s doubtful that he’ll ever come back to the U.S. to face his charges due to a lack of an extradition treaty with China.

And yes, Gao’s vote was counted. This outcome is a direct consequence of the Democratic Party’s advocacy for “expansive” immigration policies, which most sane people argue is intentionally intended to allow as many votes from noncitizen as possible.

Because of Michigan’s ballot secrecy laws, once a vote is cast and mixed in with the rest, there’s no way to trace it or remove it – even if it was cast illegally. And you can bet Michigan’s Democratic Secretary of State, Jocelyn Benson – now running for governor – isn’t losing sleep over this whole thing. After all, undermining anything resembling election integrity seems to be modus operandi.

Cases like Gao’s serve as a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities in the electoral system and the lengths to which Democrats will go to exploit them.