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 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.’
Lol I was just texting somebody about this
I think Charlie Kirk should be all the evidence you need to know that there is one set of rules for them and one set for everyone else.
This isn’t mocking him bc of mental health. This is mocking the fragile ego of such a vain and callous individual who is supposed to be representing the branch of law enforcement that was supposed to uphold federal law. Yet he doesn’t believe the majority of Americans are even entitled to the same constitutional or civil rights and liberties, let alone social expectations, unless they fall in line with this administration.
I feel just fine laughing about this the same way I would feel if I saw somebody slip on a banana peel while goose stepping.