Episodes

  • Where are the Heroes? Episode 10

    Where are the Heroes? Episode 10
    Apr 14 2025
    Welcome back to the “Where are the Heroes?” podcast series. I am Beau Johnson, the author of The End of Justice.In the last episode, we heard from Orlando Carter and, based upon his comments, we know PNC Bank lied about the existence of a $4 million loan when it submitted a Suspicious Activity Report to the Federal Government. We know the FBI and DOJ advanced a false theory of prosecution into the court system. This entire deception was further complicated when Glassman and Parker lied in 2018 by stating that the evidence of the $4 million loan was shredded.We are left with two questions. First, how is it possible that the Federal Government was wrong about something that is easily proved? Second, why is it that no one with the requisite authority will rectify this matter in the interests of truth and justice?Regarding the first query, we must accept that the government is arrogance to the point of being untamed. Let’s use the analogy of herding cats. As the Department of Justice currently functions, it is impossible to control 93 arrogant US Attorneys and thousands of investigators. If the Attorney General of the United States does not apply appropriate oversight over what are criminal acts by federal officials, those who wield prosecutorial and investigative authority will, like feral cats, roam and destroy at will. Consequently, people like Orlando Carter will be unjustly prosecuted. Providing for strict oversight over a herd of US Attorneys is a must. It is not enough to expect supposedly experienced US Attorneys to govern themselves according to their oaths and ethical standards.For example, we must conclude that the original US Attorney, Gregory Lockhart, was not held to account for his questionable choices and actions. Just the opposite. Lockhart roamed beyond truth and into the hinterlands of lies. Yet, he received praise from on high as the system supported his efforts and Carter’s guilty conviction. When the system does not focus on truth, wayward US Attorneys, who are drawn to the scent of trophy convictions, will foster what is false and unjust.Regarding the second question, after an unjust conviction is secured by the DOJ, those with titles and authority will assert that, by law, they cannot investigate what is a criminal decision within the courts. However, what if the courts are complicit with the injustice? Absolutely nothing. Those with power, bad actors, and the system, to include the courts, are not held accountable.This supposed “law,” which allegedly prevents elected representatives from getting involved with criminal court cases, serves as a means of self-preservation. As such, if pubic officials are able to refuse help, the injustice continues. However, what happens if an official is asked to assist with an ancillary matter that does not require a direct challenge to a criminal case? Sadly, not much at all. He will seek an answer from the responsible agency and nothing more. Once he receives a reply, he will forward it and consider the matter closed. He serves as nothing more than a middleman, a glorified secretary.Let me give you an illustration. In the year 2018, I asked Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia to review not the criminal conviction against Carter, but the conflict between the Departments of Justice and Treasury concerning the non-existence of the $4 million loan. Since Kaine saw the conflict between PNC Bank’s admission to the Department of the Treasury and the court conviction, he was compelled to send a query to the DOJ. When Kaine received a response from the DOJ stating that the guilty conviction was secured fairly, what did Kaine do? He sent me a letter, attached the agency’s response, and washed his hands of the matter. He did not delve into the obvious conflict between two federal agencies. Was Kaine at all intrigued? Was he moved to investigate an injustice? No. Kaine did nothing to advance truth or exonerate an innocent man. Kaine did what he could do without resolving the obvious conflicts. He considered the matter closed.In another example, Orlando Carter recently asked Congresswoman Beatty from Ohio to investigate the non-existence of the $4 million loan. Beatty went through the formalities by asking the DOJ to respond to this issue. Once again, the DOJ gave her a boilerplate statement explaining that Carter was convicted and justice had been served. Beatty then sent the DOJ’s perfunctory response to Carter and closed the matter. She refused to seek truth. She performed as a glorified secretary.Let’s now consider the following development. A year after Carter contacted Congresswoman Beatty, the Ohio chapter of the NAACP researched the government’s case against Carter. Knowing of the obvious conflicts, the NAACP then approached Beatty. Quite curiously, if only because the NAACP raised the concern, Beatty, at least by appearances, treated the matter with more importance. She wrote to Attorney General Garland and asked that they investigate ...
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  • Where are the Heroes? Episode 9

    Where are the Heroes? Episode 9
    Sep 22 2024



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  • Where are the Heroes? Episode 8

    Where are the Heroes? Episode 8
    Aug 19 2024
    Welcome back to the “Where are the Heroes?” podcast series. I am Beau Johnson, the author of The End of Justice. I am recording this episode on the coast of Mexico, so please excuse the background noise.In the last episode, I explained how Benjamin Glassman, former United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and Kenneth Parker, current US Attorney, lied to the public in 2018 about shredding documents that do not exist and never existed. Moreover, because of their lie, they failed to dignify an admission from PNC Bank that there was no $4 million loan and a finding from the Department of the Treasury as to the same fact. The repercussions were devastating. Glassman and Parker were expected to seek the truth in Ohio, but they avoided the truth like the plague and kept an innocent man in prison.In this episode, we will discuss my attempts to hold Glassman and Parker accountable for their lies and how the system failed to investigate them. I will also discuss in greater detail the role of Kenneth Parker. I want to be clear about an important point. After some three plus years as US Attorney, Parker, after receiving my direct request that he provide proof of the shredding of these alleged loan documents, has not responded.In the last episode, I spoke about the inefficiency of the system that is the Federal Government. Unfortunately, the system is problematic when holding public officials accountable for their criminal conduct or gross incompetence. This means the system fails to provide a solution for anyone suffering from abuse or wrongdoing by public officials. Whether Glassman and Parker acted criminally or incompetently, Orlando Carter is still seeking an answer for his unjust conviction and the lie stated by Glassman and Parker about shredding evidence that does not exist and never existed.Let me explain with a timeline and supporting documents which you will find attached.· You will recall that in January and March of 2017, I received investigative findings from the OCC confirming that a $4 million loan did not exist between PNC Bank and Carter or his company. These documents were posted in a prior episode.· I then spoke with Glassman and Parker in 2018 in their Cincinnati office. They began the meeting by proclaiming that the evidence of a $4 million loan had been shredded by the DOJ.· On December 28, 2018, Glassman responded to our concerns with a letter explaining why Carter was justly convicted. You may recall that he summarily dismissed the significance of what we deemed to be new evidence by the OCC. I uploaded Glassman’s letter in a prior episode.· Since Glassman and Parker did not help Carter in the least, and without any other recourse, in March of 2020, I filed a complaint against Glassman with the BAR Association at the Supreme Court of Ohio. The BAR Association responded that the proper agency to receive a complaint against a US Attorney was the Office of Professional Responsibility with the Department of Justice.· So, I filed a complaint against Glassman with the Office of Professional Responsibility. When the OPR responded that they were not the proper agency, I filed a complaint with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.· None of these agencies assisted and disavowed being the proper party to investigate Glassman’s crime.· In the summer of 2021, I learned about Parker’s nomination to become US Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio under President Biden.· In October 2021, I penned an open letter to Biden. I then penned a Press Release concerning a controversy between Butler County and Kenneth Parker as it relates to the alleged $4 million loan. That same month, I penned a Press Release concerning the nomination of Kenneth Parker with an emphasis on Senator Ted Cruz. Cruz is a member of the Judiciary Committee which was responsible for approving and advancing all nominations for US Attorneys to the full Senate.· At the end of October 2021, I flew to San Antonio, Texas, to speak with Senator Cruz’ Chief of Staff. My efforts were to no avail. Parker’s nomination advanced from the committee to a full Senate vote and he was confirmed as US Attorney.· When Parker was confirmed as US Attorney, I sent him a letter on December 6, 2021 and asked that he prove that the DOJ destroyed the alleged evidence of a $4 million loan.· To ensure that I received an answer, I submitted a FOIA request on December 7, 2021.· Parker responded to my FOIA on December 20, 2021, by stating that my request would be sent to the Executive Office of the United States Attorneys.· Since then, I have emailed the Executive Office of US Attorneys several times and have not received a response. The Federal Government remains silent on this issue, ...
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  • Where are the Heroes? Episode 7

    Where are the Heroes? Episode 7
    Jul 4 2024
    Welcome back to the “Where are the Heroes?” podcast series. I am Beau Johnson, the author of The End of Justice. I’m recording off the southern coast of Mexico, so please excuse whatever sounds you hear in the background.In the last episode, I mentioned that America has grave fundamental problems. Consider this one fact. America has had more people in prison per capita than any country in the world and is still one of the most incarcerated. Undeniably, if state and federal legislators pass laws which, by virtue of their mere existence, produce criminals, a virtuous people will be criminalized. Thus, if government officials fail to seek truth while, at the same time, holding citizens in contempt for behavior that is not criminal, we have a recipe for disaster.Let me illustrate this point. There are 93 US Attorneys who are political appointments typically filled every presidential election and they are among 3 million federal employees who work for the US Government. Given the vastness of the federal work force, with many employees serving in the Department of Justice, one would expect US Attorneys to accomplish their responsibilities with alacrity and fairness and ensure the laws are faithfully executed.What does it mean to “faithfully execute” the laws? Whatever the definition, which would include seeking truth and acting justly, we should and would expect US Attorneys to do so without fail. However, when US Attorneys are the cause of injustice, our reservations and fears are justified. Candidly, it does not matter why US Attorneys fail to act faithfully, it matters only that they are unfaithful. To lack the faithfulness to execute the laws connotes that the top-level officials of the DOJ are ill-equipped to ensure justice and the system will falter. There are two primary factors that permit injustice to prevail. The first has to do with the motivation of government officials. The second deals with the inefficiency of the Government.Let’s briefly discuss motivations by citing an example. Before and after the 2016 federal election, Donald Trump was accused of conspiring with the Russians to influence the election. We now know this was a false allegation. We also know that Obama, the outgoing President, and James Comey, then Director of the FBI, were instrumental in creating, fostering, and advancing this false narrative.The point is self-evident. If top officials undermine the rule of law, there will be injustice. If Donald Trump is not able to effectively and efficiently refute false allegations, how is the average American to prevail against the FBI and DOJ? How is someone like Orlando Carter to overcome false claims that he had a $4 million obligation with PNC Bank? Ten years later, with proof from another federal agency that there was no such loan, how was he to prevail over Benjamin Glassman’s lie that the alleged evidence, which never existed, was shredded?Obviously, the ability to hold the Government or officials accountable for dishonesty becomes problematic. With Obama creating and fostering a lie, and supporting Jim Comey’s perpetuation of that lie, is it possible for the DOJ to arrive at the truth? Not anytime soon. Moreover, if the Federal Government is so consumed with advancing the Russia Collusion lie, will the DOJ and FBI have the time and resources to vet thousands of sundry unjust claims? In the last episode, we learned that former US Attorney Benjamin Glassman lied about the Department of Justice shredding evidence of a $4 million loan which does not exist and never existed. Furthermore, we have proof from two separate federal agencies which contradict the DOJ’s false conclusion that there was a $4 million loan. If there was no $4 million loan in 2007, the evidence could not have been shredded in 2018. Glassman is a liar.Is there any doubt that Glassman did not faithfully execute the laws of the United States while serving as US Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio? A liar does not execute anything faithfully. To be faithful to the laws means the truth is sought and honored. When a US Attorney lies, he rejects truth outright and denies justice completely.Now that I have set the tone for this podcast, I will explain what both Benjamin Glassman and Kenneth Parker, the current US Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, did and how they justified their lies to preserve a guilty conviction of an innocent man.We need only look at Glassman’s response to our request that he review the Government’s case against Orlando Carter to understand the extent of his obfuscation.Glassman began by stating,The principal factual ground on which your correspondence questioned Mr. Carter’s guilt was a letter dated January 30, 2017 from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.Let’s first note that Glassman referred to our “principal factual ground.” To be sure, we did not submit anything that was not factual. We only submitted the truth, which was a letter from ...
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  • Where Are the Heroes? Episode 6

    Where Are the Heroes? Episode 6
    Jun 2 2024
    Welcome back to the “Where are the Heroes?” podcast series. I am Beau Johnson, the author of The End of Justice.Based upon what we have learned about the Government’s case against Orlando Carter, we can only reach but one conclusion. No innocent American should ever endure his experience. No one should suffer the abject indifference and heightened arrogance of public officials who knowingly or unknowingly abuse the criminal justice system.There are grave foundational problems in America. Many of them originate within the minds and hearts of public officials who often act without regard to basic facts and truth. Sadly, facts and truth are secondary to their ulterior motives. For example, nothing can excuse FBI Agent Kevin Gormley from failing to adequately investigate PNC Bank’s false claims.Stated simply, a great injustice occurs when little men with over-sized egos seek glory instead of grinding through the rigors of significant details to achieve verifiable and veritable conclusions to criminal cases.We now know what is indisputable regarding the Federal Government’s case against Orlando Carter. PNC Bank lied about a $4 million loan obligation. Orlando never had this financial liability with this financial institution. There is no need to reiterate the amount of evidence in our possession that supports this fact. Suffice it to say that PNC Bank made false claims which the FBI did not thoroughly investigate.This brings us to the next phase of the criminal case against Orlando Carter, the submission of the Gormley’s “facts” to Gregory Lockhart, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio. Lockhart’s assistant, Richard Chema, handled the case against Orlando Carter.Just to clarify for this audience, the US Attorney should not gratuitously accept the FBI’s investigative conclusions as true. Rather the Department of Justice, through the US Attorney, is expected to conduct its own competent and comprehensive investigation. Even when the US Attorney does not conduct such an investigation, it is deemed to have been done, nonetheless.Did Lockhart and Chema conduct an independent investigation? No.Did Lockhart and Chema investigate PNC’s allegations? No.Did Lockhart and Chema seek the assistance of the Department of Treasury? No.Did Lockhart and Chema conduct a forensic financial audit? No.Since Orlando was convicted of a crime related to an alleged $4 million obligation, we must conclude that Chema failed to determine the facts and truth. For Chema relied upon a piece of paper signed by James Smith which was not legally or financially binding upon either Orlando Carter or his company. Chema asked and the court permitted the jury to see a document that was pitched as a guaranty of a loan. Nothing could have been farther from the truth.Chema’s submission and the court’s acceptance of this “guaranty” as evidence of a $4 million loan obligation cannot be reconciled.Orlando’s situation was made even more difficult since his defense attorneys did not verify the existence of the alleged $4 million loan obligation. They merely questioned the Government if the loan existed. When they received an affirmative response, they did not pursue the matter. This must be viewed as gross negligence as well. Defense attorneys are often culpable for grave mistakes and incompetence. This is exactly what happened with Orlando’s lawyers.Let’s pause to appreciate Orlando’s desperation before the trail began. The FBI, DOJ, and Court accepted that Carter had a financial obligation to PNC Bank without his defense attorneys investigating and refuting this false claim. Consequently, a black man sat alone as the legal system allowed a jury to believe that the fictious loan was real.Chema’s failure to dignify Orlando’s potential innocence is monumental. For, Chema effectively defeated truth as he cemented into the court a lie which became central to the “the record.”This record is what the government and courts rely upon as finality for the preservation of a conviction. Thus, when a defendant makes a righteous, post-conviction challenge, the prosecutor and court summarily dismiss such attempts by asserting that the record is established. The record is final. The record proves guilt. The record is truth.Over the years, Orlando has challenged his conviction repeatedly only to have the government and court argue that the established record confirms his guilt.But what if the record is based upon a lie?This brings us to a very significant point. We have heard of innocent people being exonerated when DNA proves they did not commit the crime. DNA evidence is irrefutable. Blood, saliva, hair, semen, and much more are insurmountable proof of innocence and guilt.Now let’s ask an important question. Is the absence of banking instruments and corporate resolutions authorizing a loan the equivalent of a lack of financial DNA? In other words, if Orlando’s physical DNA was not at the scene ...
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  • Where are the Heroes? Episode 5

    Where are the Heroes? Episode 5
    Mar 30 2024

    PLEASE NOTE: The Blog is located at yestohellwith.com. Be sure to view the exhibits while you listen to the podcast. During a criminal investigation, FBI Agents will, as a matter of course, document witness interviews on forms known as 302 Statements. In episode 5, we will question the effectiveness of FBI Agent Kevin Gormley based upon the testimony of two Ralph Martinez and Sean McAlister, two bank employees. They made comments which clearly demonstrated PNC's failures with a lease transaction with Butler County. Given the number of errors and poor judgment by several PNC officials, one must ask how and why Kevin Gormley ever arrived at the conclusion that Orlando Carter committed a crime. In this episode, I ask very pointed questions which cast serious doubt as to Gormley's competence and sincerity as an agent.



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  • Where are the Heroes? Episode 4

    Where are the Heroes? Episode 4
    Mar 20 2024

    PLEASE NOTE: The Blog is located at yestohellwith.com. Be sure to view the exhibits while you listen to the podcast. Welcome to Episode 4 of "Where are the Heroes?" We will be exploring the FBI's handling the investigation into PNC's claim that a $4 million loan existed between itself and Orlando Carter and that Carter stole the funds. Key to our discussion are FBI statements, known as 302s, drafted by FBI Agent Kevin Gormley after his interviews with witnesses Ralph Martinez and Sean McAlister, both of whom worked for the bank. What will become rather evident upon your review of the 302s is Gormley's complete incompetence and his level of prejudice against Orlando Carter. A competent agent would have taken what were obvious mistakes and confusion with the bank's transaction and determined that there was no crime.



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  • Where are the Heroes? Episode 3

    Where are the Heroes? Episode 3
    Feb 22 2024

    PLEASE NOTE: The Blog is located at yestohellwith.com. Be sure to view the exhibits while you listen to the podcast.

    In the last episode, Orlando Carter denied having a $4 million loan with PNC Bank. If Mr. Carter is telling the truth, why did PNC claim that the loan existed? Why did bank officials assert that the funds were stolen?

    Either PNC lied or Mr. Carter is lying. What is the truth?

    Since the FBI and DOJ investigated PNC's accusations and confirmed the loan existed, then Orlando Carter MUST BE guilty, right? No. The fact is that the FBI and DOJ never asked PNC for proof of the loan. Moreover, the FBI did not ask other government agencies to confirm the existence of the loan. Finally, the FBI and DOJ did not conduct a forensic financial audit of either PNC or Mr. Carter.

    Without accomplishing any of these three options, the Federal Government must have gratuitously accepted that the loan existed and Carter stole the money.


    This episode is packed with information and an amazing revelation!



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