What does the IRS and DOJ have in common?
Corruption and dishonesty. Let me explain. Afterwards, I will name two former U.S. Attorneys who lied while in office to keep an innocent man in prison. In 2009, PNC Bank told the FBI that Orlando Carter had received a $4 million loan and subsequently had stolen the money. Shockingly, the Department of Justice never verified PNC’s claim. U.S. Attorney Gregory Lockhart and his assistant Richard Chema simply accepted PNC’s word without valid proof. As a result, Orlando Carter was convicted and sentenced to fifteen years in federal prison. Mind you, Orlando was offered a plea deal with no prison time — if he would just admit to the crime. He refused. In 2016, acting as Carter’s Power of Attorney, I contacted the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency — the OCC — which oversees national banks. The OCC asked PNC for proof of the loan, and PNC admitted in writing that this loan did not exist. That meant the entire prosecution was built on a lie. When I took the OCC letter to the current U.S. Attorney, he claimed that the loan had been shredded. Think about that — A sitting US Attorney said the DOJ destroyed evidence of a loan that never existed and he did not investigate the OCC finding or PNC’s admission. The two U.S. Attorneys who could have corrected this injustice and freed Orlando Carter are Benjamin Glassman and Kenneth Parker. Let’s be clear: the federal government cannot have two agencies reaching opposite conclusions on a single fact. Either there was a loan, or there was not. The OCC letter states the truth. As of 2025, Orlando Carter is finally home. But his name remains tarnished, and the government refuses to admit wrongdoing. I asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate. She has not responded. So let me say this plainly to Glassman and Parker. As US Attorneys you lied and the OCC letter proves it. Though the rules, and practices of the DOJ will protect you, you are exposed to the public. If you claim that I have defamed you, then sue me. Any lawsuit will make the OCC letter and PNC’s
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