LNC Chair Nekhaila announced that he would offer at the 9/7 LNC meeting a motion to censure Austin Martin, his announcement reading:
I move the following:
Whereas, LNC Policy Manual §1.07.4(B)(I & II) prohibits LNC members from (I) disparaging the LNC or the Party and (II) engaging in ad hominem or otherwise indecorous attacks against fellow board members in any official or public communication;
Whereas, Mr. Martin made public posts on the social media platform X stating “This is straight up FRAUD” with the Special Investigatory Committee report adopted by the LNC, and posted a comparison of the LNC’s actions to “deep state” tactics, in direct violation of these provisions;
Whereas, Mr. Martin has since sent written communications to the full Board alleging “collusion,” “fraud,” “deception,” and “morally wrong” conduct by LNC members, further violating §1.07.4(B) and breaching his fiduciary duty of loyalty under the D.C. Nonprofit Corporation Act;
Whereas, Mr. Martin was given a written directive by the Chair to remove the offending posts, submit any supporting evidence internally, and refrain from further public commentary pending review, and has refused to comply;
Whereas, the April 28, 2025 Strategists Inc. Operational Review explicitly identified public disparagement, board infighting, and lack of professional restraint as damaging to morale, fundraising, and organizational stability, and recommended “restraint to create a cohesive brand that is not marred by sniping of opinions in forums outside the board room”;
Resolved, that the Libertarian National Committee hereby censures Mr. Martin for conduct in violation of the LNC Policy Manual, breach of fiduciary duty, and refusal to comply with the Chair’s directive;
Resolved, that this censure serves as a formal and public expression of the Board’s disapproval of Mr. Martin’s conduct, and that further similar conduct may result in the initiation of an investigative committee to consider additional disciplinary action.
To Nekhaila – take the beam out of your own eye, then you shall see more clearly to pluck the speck out of your brother’s eye.
The LNC has a house to clean.
Good point Joseph. What about NH? Open Neo-Nazi collaborators.
Also, why are they scared to look into what happened in CO with RFK, Jr? The SIC report is glaringly absent of anything to do with any “deals” Angela made in violation of Bylaws and Duty of Loyalty.
Steve is fully within his rights, but it is beyond hypocritical for him to do this when he let his buddy Malagon run roughshod and harass both on the LNC and off to members, and Steve breached HIS fiduciary duty and the Policy Manual by failing to even acknowledge an official harassment complaint. If Martin is to be censured, so should Steve.
Malagon has harrassed multiple members of the LNC going back to last term.
As you know better than I do.
Even Mr. Nekhaila has admitted Malagon is ill-mannered.
There does seem to be hypocrisy here, but that being said, Mr. Martin hasn’t supported his claims with actual evidence.
He should do so, or retract his statements.
How about a motion to censure LPNH for violating the by-laws (Article 5:4) when they endorsed an authoritarian Republican for POTUS, Mr. Nekhailia?
This seems a little hypocritical.
I see Watkins offered a motion to monetize emails sent to the LNC.
The day before he made this motion, I had a contentious email exchange with him regarding the LP tweet stating the war in Ukraine is “Zelensky’s War”.
I surmise his motion is a related.
Perhaps not.
Regarding Mr. Martin, one shouldn’t make accusations such as he did without evidence to support his claims. As far as I know, he hasn’t produced any evidence to date, except speculation and hearsay.