Mike Lee shares, then deletes fake resignation letter by Fed chair

• The seal on the letter Lee shared was not the authentic Federal Reserve seal, with misspelled words and non-alphabetic characters.

Driving the news: Lee, a Republican, posted an image of the letter on X with the message, "🚨 Powell's Out! 🚨," per a screengrab shared by Politico's Jordain Carney.

• Lee then deleted it "out of an abundance of caution," he told The Hill's Alex Bolton.

The senator's office did not immediately respond to Axios' query.

Context: President Trump and Powell have been feuding over interest rates; Powell has refused to lower them, citing inflation risks created by Trump's tariffs.

Meanwhile, Trump called Powell — who he appointed in 2017 — a "numbskull" in a news conference on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

• The president predicted the Fed chair would leave office within 8 months — two months before his term expires.