Utah Rep. Trevor Lee resigned hours after fraud and forgery charges.

A charging document and a resignation are process. They are not a conviction. On Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, hours after the Utah Attorney General's Office charged the District 16 representative from Layton with one count each of Communications Fraud, Mortgage Fraud, Forgery, and Possession of Forgery, he announced he was resigning, and FOX 13 Utah reported that the counts concern an alleged attempt to obtain a loan illegally after an investigation that began in April.

FOX 13 Utah reported that Lee allegedly sought a $93,000 cash advance from Trent Spafford, CEO of Enevive, promising to make him whole through a government contact at Hill Air Force Base, and that lending documents included an Enevive agreement and offer letter at about $168,000 a year that Spafford told investigators was fraudulent and carried a forged signature.

A Blue Logic offer letter claimed full-time employment at $190,000 a year, and a company official said Lee never accepted full-time work, was a contract employee, and that the letter was prepared to help him as a friend and was not accurate.

In an interview with investigators at his Capitol address, Lee admitted forging Spafford's signature after first denying it, and he admitted the Blue Logic salary was not accurate, which is an account of what he told investigators and not a guilty plea.

Lee had lost the GOP primary and was set to leave office early next year, and the Davis County Republican Party said it will hold a special election for the remainder of the term, which is a political calendar and not a finding on the four counts. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.