It is October 12, 2026. Welcome to yestohellwith.com.

Today, I am accusing a former United States Attorney of lying about evidence in a federal criminal case.

His name is Benjamin Glassman.

And the question is whether he knowingly provided a false explanation about evidence that was central to the conviction and imprisonment of Orlando Carter.

On October 22, 2018, I attended a meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, with Glassman, then United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio. Assistant United States Attorney Kenneth Parker was also present.

We were there because Orlando Carter had been convicted in federal court and sentenced to fifteen years in prison.

At the center of his prosecution was an alleged $4 million loan involving PNC Bank.

But PNC’s own banking records told a different story.

The bank identified a separate $250,000 obligation from years earlier.

In November 2016, PNC informed the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that the $250,000 note was the only debt it had on file.

The OCC subsequently conveyed that information in two letters.

These were not statements invented by Carter.

They originated with PNC Bank and were communicated through a federal banking regulator.

Before our meeting, I had provided Glassman with the OCC correspondence.

He had an opportunity to examine the contradiction between the bank’s records and the prosecution’s central financial premise.

He had an opportunity to ask whether an innocent man had been sent to prison.

Instead, when Glassman entered the meeting, he stated that the Department of Justice had shredded the evidence of the $4 million loan.

I challenged him.

How could evidence of a $4 million loan have been shredded when the bank itself identified only a separate $250,000 obligation?

After the meeting, I submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the Executive Office for United States Attorneys.

I requested records documenting the destruction Glassman had described.

The response found no records documenting that destruction.

Now consider the sequence.

PNC identified only the separate $250,000 debt.

The OCC communicated that information.

Glassman stated that evidence of the $4 million loan had been shredded.

And the subsequent FOIA search produced no destruction records.

I accuse Benjamin Glassman of lying.

I make that accusation because his explanation conflicts with the documentary evidence and because the subsequent records search failed to substantiate his statement.

Whether he knowingly made a false statement is a question that deserves an independent investigation.

What records did Glassman claim had been destroyed?

When were they destroyed?

Who authorized their destruction?

And what information did Glassman possess when he made his statement?

A United States Attorney is not merely an advocate for convictions.

He is an officer of justice.

His responsibility is not to preserve a conviction at any cost.

His responsibility is to discharge the duties imposed by law and professional ethics.

And that is why Glassman’s conduct deserves scrutiny.

In the next episode, I will examine the documents that challenged the existence of the $4 million loan and explain why Glassman’s shredding statement matters.

And as always…

may truth reign supreme.