By Editor,James Gordon

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FBI Director Kash Patel has been mocked online after cameras captured him scribbling embarrassing pep-talk notes to himself.

The notes were made during a heated congressional hearing over political violence and Jeffrey Epstein’s case files.

The notes, written in blue pen in Patel’s own handwriting on personalized stationery labeled ‘Director Patel’, read like affirmations.

‘Good fight with Swalwell. Hold the line. Brush off their attacks. Rise above next line of partisan attacks.’

The reaction online was brutal. ‘Lmfao he’s writing words of affirmation to himself,’ one user posted on X.

‘This reads like the pep talk I give myself before every holiday with my family,’ wrote another.

‘What an absolute loser having to write himself motivational notes because no one loves him,’ read a third.

‘Lmao this is so sad. It’s like he’s hyping himself up in the mirror before the hearing,’ added a fourth.

The mockery went viral as critics zeroed in not just on the cringe factor, but on the vanity of having a personalized notepad with his own letterhead.

The handwritten notes surfaced during a House Judiciary Committee hearing where Patel clashed repeatedly with Democrats, most notably California Rep. Eric Swalwell, over the handling of the Epstein files.

Swalwell, grilling Patel over the Justice Department’s reluctance to unseal certain grand jury documents tied to the late financier’s case, asked whether any files mentioned President Donald Trump, who once socialized with Epstein.

Patel balked at the question.

‘Your fixation on this matter and baseless accusations that I’m hiding child pedophiles is disgusting,’ Patel snapped.

The exchange quickly spiraled into a shouting match as Swalwell mockingly began enunciating his syllables.

‘Why don’t you try spelling it out if you’re going to mock me. Use the alphabet… No? A B C, D E F.’

The Democrat fired back again, calling Patel’s evasiveness a ‘consciousness of guilt’ and accusing him of playing a ‘cute shell game.’

‘The court calls bulls***,’ Swalwell said, in reference to DOJ excuses about sealed material.

‘I’m going to borrow your terminology and call bulls*** on your entire career in Congress. It has been a disgrace to the American people,’ Patel retorted.

Patel, who once served as a GOP staffer on the Intelligence Committee, had previously named Swalwell in his book Government Gangsters.

In it, he accused him of being a ‘corrupt actor’ and labeling dozens of other political opponents as members of the so-called deep state.

The prickly encounter came just days after Patel’s judgment and leadership were already under scrutiny for what critics have called a chaotic, ego-driven response to the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

While the FBI and local law enforcement scrambled to identify and track down the suspect, Patel dined at Rao’s, a notoriously exclusive restaurant in New York, the same night the investigation was unfolding.

He later posted conflicting updates on social media, including a message claiming the suspect was in custody, followed just 90 minutes later by another saying the same individual had been released.

‘He’s got zero leadership experience and capabilities,’ said Christopher O’Leary, a former FBI counterterrorism official to NBC News.

Even senior members of the Trump administration reportedly urged Patel to stay silent and out of the spotlight while agents worked the case.

Still, Patel flew to Utah, stood behind the podium at a news conference – and said nothing.

‘No serious director would show up at this stage,’ a former senior FBI official told the outlet.

‘They can’t help. They can only distract. Every agent needed to support the visit is an agent not available to work the case.’

After Robinson’s arrest, Patel tried to take credit claiming on X the FBI demanded security footage be released over the objections of local police, and that the suspect’s father turned him in as a result.

But the Utah Department of Public Safety contradicted him, saying it had already attempted to identify the suspect using facial recognition before jointly deciding to release the video.

Patel also reportedly blasted agents in Salt Lake City on a profanity-laced conference call, accusing them of failing to move fast enough and warning that the pressure from Trump and the public was immense.