March 2025, MilitaryCorruption.com (MC.com) published Part 1 of the fraudulent indictment and wrongful conviction of former Army Major Christian ‘Kit’ Martin by law enforcement authorities in the State of Kentucky…
https://militarycorruption.com/kit-martin-part-1/
Even thought prior articles on MC.com concerning Kit Martin’s case were lost when transferring to a different platform years ago, we intend to continue reporting about the vast amount of public corruption that resulted in Martin’s wrongful conviction and imprisonment for a murder he did not do.
Since the publication of our last article, a large number of individuals, some identified and some anonymous, have reached out to MC.com and other organizations with questions, statements, information, and concerns for their safety.
The vast level of gross incompetence, fraud, collusion, and outright intentional criminal corruption on the part of public officials in the Kentucky’s kangaroo courts is staggering and frightening. The people of Kentucky deserve so much better than they are getting from their government officials.
How is it possible that such a travesty of justice in the case of Kit Martin could happen? It happened because there are ethically-challenged people in government who have no problem sending an innocent man to prison if it will further their careers or keep a river of money flowing from evil enterprises.
It’s crystal clear the fraudulent indictment which led to the wrongful conviction of Kit Martin was orchestrated and choreographed by Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, or by those acting on his behalf.
Beshear was the attorney general at the time vying for the nomination of governor against four other candidates in May of 2019.
It is no coincidence that Kit Martin was indicted by a grand jury on May 10, 2019, just eleven (11) days before the primary election. Then Attorney General Andy Beshear was polling virtually neck and neck with two other candidates and needed a little extra boost to get him over the hump to secure the nomination.
Using Major Kit Martin as a patsy, an arrest was staged to make Andy Beshear look like the “law and order” candidate that people could rely on. The ploy worked and Beshear squeaked in with the slimmest of margins winning the nomination for governor and ultimately becoming governor.
Andy Beshear became Governor of the State of Kentucky on the back of Major Kit Martin. He knows it. We know it. But it very hard to get public officials to admit to the crimes they perpetrated to advance their careers.
We are continuing to track this case in the hope the involved corrupt public officials as well as others who perjured themselves, those who coached and rehearsed others to commit perjury, and those who choreographed staged events ‘for the cameras,’ or planted evidence will ultimately be held accountable.
Gov. Beshear has a lengthy, highly publicized history of corruption, especially with respect to illegal campaign contributions and pay to play politics.
In 2016, Tim Longmeyer a Deputy Attorney General under then Attorney General Andy Beshear was convicted on bribery and corruption charges related to illegal campaign contributions for Andy Beshear. Longmeyer was sentenced to seventy (70) months in prison.
Andy Beshear continues to play dumb denying all allegations, but any reasonable person with simple common sense would say that where there is smoke, there is fire. In the case of Governor Andy Beshear, the fire is a conflagration consuming everyone in its path.
People are being consumed by the fire of greed and lust for power. People are being murdered to gain silence, and people like Kit Martin are being set up for a wrongful conviction and imprisonment to help further the career of a corrupt politician.
You don’t have to take our word for it. Go to the links and do your own research to decide for yourself.
Besides the false political advantage of railroading and causing the indictment of an innocent man, is it possible that Governor Andy Beshear benefitted financially from this evil act of subterfuge and deception?
Many supporters of Kit Martin have already reached out to a number of entities to ask for an official public corruption investigation of Governor Andy Beshear along with people in law enforcement for the fraudulent indictment and wrongful conviction of Major Kit Martin.
Perhaps it is time for the supporters to revisit those requests. Here is a link to report public corruption in State of Kentucky…
https://kyoag.highq.com/kyoag/renderSmartForm.action?formId=ca86a0f7-1e94-4a9b-8b7b-6abf9ff2b178
While MC.com as yet cannot confirm, it is believed that some of Kit Martin’s supporters have reached out to Congressman James Comer who’s Congressional district includes Christian County.
If anyone, especially constituents of Congressman Comer want to contact Congressman Comer to ask for his assistance in correcting this injustice, please used this link to Congressman Comer…
According to the CATO Institute and FBI data, Eastern Kentucky accounted for 336 federal convictions for corruption between 2004 and 2023, within the top ten for all U.S. states and territories.
It should be noted that this is just the federal conviction rate and does not include state or local convictions which likely elevates those numbers significantly.
A 2014 study by Harvard University reveals that Kentucky is one of the most corrupt states in America, quoting in part…
“… A national survey of 280 state government reporters ranks Kentucky No. 1 in “legal corruption,” including favors in return for campaign contributions, and No. 3 in “illegal corruption,” including bribery. The research indicates that Kentucky is No. 1 in perceived corruption overall, because no other state had such a high combined ranking of the two types…”
While watching the televised trial on Court TV, it is explicitly clear that many of the prosecution witnesses committed Perjury and were well coached and rehearsed. Here is the link to the entire trial and readers are invited to view the trial, especially the testimony of some of the prosecution witnesses.
https://www.courttv.com/trials/ky-v-martin-2021/
MC.com has learned a great deal of information since our last article, and when appropriate, additional information will be published.
MC.com has also learned that some individuals who may have possessed or who have shared damaging information on social media are either concerned about their safety or who may have been threatened.
For those who may have been affected, it is recommended that you DO NOT report any potential threats to the Christian County Sheriff’s Department, the Kentucky State Police, or the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office as they are compromised.
MC.com strongly recommends that any person who has credible information or who may have been threatened contact the FBI Public Corruption Unit. You can provide information online at the following link…
This also includes those individuals who have intimate knowledge of very-suspicious political contributions, and information regarding potential ‘pay to play’ issues.
MC.com believes that it will just be a matter of time before this entire case will be exposed and individuals who participated in criminal acts to frame Kit Martin will be held accountable and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
It is anticipated that other entities besides the ones already named in this case will participate in any potential federal public corruption criminal probe.
This will include…
- Office of the Judge Advocate General Professional Responsibility Branch,
- Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission,
- State Bar of Kentucky,
- State Bar of Texas,
- State Bar of New York.
MC.com is thankful and appreciative of those who have reached out and provided valuable information and encourage others to do the same.
We would like to advise those who reach out to us that we conduct a vigorous vetting process. There have been numerous attempts to obtain confidential information and attempts to divert attention away from facts and evidence in this case.
This IS NOT a case of speculation of public corruption. MC.com will continue taking a deep dive into the facts and circumstances, which we feel will be sufficient to not only justify the initiation of a public corruption probe, but also sufficient to obtain indictments.
MC.com has experienced attempts by disingenuous individuals to provide false or misleading information, or who have attempted to compromise our efforts. Be advised that such attempts may be in violation of Title 18 United States Code § 1343, Wire Fraud.
- Links/References
- https://www.justice.gov/criminal/media/1384436/dl?inline
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdky/pr/fbi-louisville-seeks-public-s-assistance-identifying-public-corruption-within
- https://justfacts.votesmart.org/public-statement/1343351/issue-position-end-corruption-in-kentucky
- https://www.mic.com/articles/106138/the-most-corrupt-states-in-america-in-seven-charts
- https://rpk.org/icymi-beshear-shook-down-organization-for-illegal-campaign-contribution/
- https://www.rga.org/rga-statement-andy-beshears-illegal-campaign-contributions/
- https://www.wdrb.com/news/kentucky-auditor-demands-response-from-governor-on-immigrant-drivers-license-fraud-claims/article_cba7b18c-80c8-4983-8d1d-7d4203fa8a55.html
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGR5sL4WRhk
- https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article299856314.html
- https://www.pbs.org/video/ag-confirms-investigation-of-alleged-drivers-license-fraud-kjm7yx/
- https://www.rga.org/rga-releases-new-tv-ad-in-kentucky-governors-race-scandal/
- https://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Former-personnel-secretary-in-Ky-accused-of-taking-kickbacks-373565761.html
To go from this…
To this…
…all Andy Beshear had to do was to set up an innocent man with Kentucky lawfare so he could be viewed as the “law and order” candidate just eleven days before a tightly contested primary.
Everything worked as planned. Kit Martin became the perfect fall guy, and Andy Beshear was sworn in as the 63rd Governor of Kentucky on December 10, 2019.
An innocent man remains behind bars, while Andy Beshear is being considered as a potential candidate for President of the United States. Ya can’t make it up.
In criminal law, Blackstone’s ratio (AKA: Blackstone’s formulation) is the idea that:
It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.
This was written by the English jurist William Blackstone in his seminal work Commentaries on the Laws of England, published in the 1760s.
The idea subsequently became a staple of legal thinking in jurisdictions with legal systems derived from English criminal law and continues to be a topic of debate. There is also a long pre-history of similar sentiments going back centuries in a variety of legal traditions.
In the United States, high courts in individual states continue to adopt specific numerical values for the ratio, often not 10:1. As of 2018, courts in 38 states have adopted such a position. It’s unclear if the State of Kentucky embraces this concept.
IMPORTANT:
If anyone referred to in this article feels they have been wrongfully characterized or maligned in any way, we want to hear from you. We have no interest in publishing anything untruthful or misleading.
Our mission is clear. We “Fight for the Truth and Expose the Corrupt.” We do this in the hope that we can fix what is broken. Sometimes truth can be elusive. We do our best to vet people. Unfortunately, we don’t have the badges, guns and subpoena power to quickly find the truth.
We therefore, sometimes rely on our readers to contact us to set the record straight. With your help, we can find the truth, and in this case, free a man from prison who should not be there.
Normally, we find ourselves exposing criminal misconduct by service members. In this case, we are exposing misconduct by civilian law enforcement which sent an innocent man to prison, a man who was a Major in the United States Army.
If you have any information that can help us to undo this terrible injustice, please contact us immediately.