A Utah Republican is being raked over the coals for sharing a fake resignation letter, made out to be from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

GOP Senator Mike Lee shared the fake letter in a post on X with the caption 'Powell's Out!', before he realized his mistake and deleted it.

The letter contained several obvious signs of being fake, including a seal that appears to be AI generated. It was also addressed to “The President, The White House, Washington DC,' and had several oddly placed hyphens in the middle of words. 

Lee admitted his error to The Hill, stating that “There appeared to be one, and it occurred to me seconds after I posted it that I hadn’t seen it anywhere else, so I deleted it out of an abundance of caution. I don’t know whether it’s legit or not.” 

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