SENATOR Mike Lee has been tricked by a fake letter falsely announcing the death of former President Jimmy Carter.

The Utah senator reposted the hoax to his official account on X Tuesday afternoon despite obvious red flags that the message was fake.

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Lee posted an image of the fake message in a since-deleted message paying tribute to Carter, who is alive and in hospice at age 99.

“Former President Jimmy Carter has died,” Lee wrote.

“My thoughts and prayers are with his family.”

However, there were obvious red flags that the sexually explicit letter was a trick…