The FBI is investigating an effort by an unknown individual to impersonate White House chief of staff Susie Wiles , according to a report.
The imposter has reportedly fired off text messages and placed phone calls to Republican lawmakers, governors and business executives in recent weeks pretending to be Wiles , the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday .
It’s unclear who is behind the campaign, and what their goal is, but the faker appears to be using artificial intelligence to mimic Wiles’s voice — and in one case asked for cash transfer, according to the outlet.
One text from the person claiming to be Wiles asked a lawmaker to put together a list of people who could be pardoned by President Trump.
The messages were suspicious to some because they didn’t come from Wiles’s ph