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.’