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Botany

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Fri May 15, 2026, 08:30 AM Yesterday

This international criminal web is huge. Merrick Garland and "The Octopus" [View all]

(Trump is just a bit player in the largest multi generational and international criminal operation that
World has known. )

Merrick Garland and "The Octopus"
Drugs. Money laundering. Human trafficking. PROMIS. Iran-Contra. BCCI. Nuclear technology. Maxwell. Epstein. Kushner. Trump. Stolen elections. Russia. Israel. The story of how it’s all connected.

https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/merrick-garland-and-the-octopus

To be clear: Trump’s ties to Russian mobsters predated his 2015 campaign announcement by at least 30 years. Beginning in the 1980s, Trump Tower and several of his other properties became havens for Russian oligarchs laundering money, some of whom were later tried and convicted.

The DOJ could have arrested him at any point during that period, but never did. Instead, institutions remained silent as he announced his candidacy.

And Merrick Garland could have acted swiftly in prosecuting Trump for his crimes—but he didn’t. We’ll return to that later.

Donald Trump was—and remains—one of the most dangerous threats to national security in American history, yet in 2015 the intelligence agencies chose to do nothing to stop him.

Because in protecting Trump, they were also protecting themselves.

Snip

( Thiel: Is on record as saying that we have to nullify that messy voting and democracy thing with
technology. )

This anti-democratic, government welfare queen—who colluded with Jeffrey Epstein and Russia to rig the 2016 election—and deepened his relationship with Eaton Corporation, the company with access to 70% of our election equipment just before the 2024 election, is one heartbeat away from the presidency through his bought-and-paid-for vice president, JD Vance

And to top it off, the latest tranche of Epstein files revealed that in the months leading up to the 2016 election, Epstein colluded with Peter Thiel and Russia to rig it for Donald Trump. Then, on election night 2016, Epstein sent a one word email to Peter Thiel:

“Wow.”

These companies share something else in common: they all thrive under Republican leadership, supporting military expansion and reduced oversight. Hundreds of billions of dollars in contracts are handed out when Republicans are in the majority.



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who else is attacking Trump's prosecutors, and the man who convicted the rioters Trump pardoned, released bigtree 23 hrs ago #1
Where are Merrick Garland and Lisa Monaco Today? gab13by13 23 hrs ago #2
Garland delayed in prosecuting Trump after GOP tried to delay his nomination for a huge loss of time. GreenWave 22 hrs ago #4
Money, Power, Fascism -- The Octopus Kid Berwyn 22 hrs ago #3
and the Supreme Court who not only enabled Trump back into office bigtree 22 hrs ago #7
Garland did not stop the traitor nor his conspiracy. Kid Berwyn 21 hrs ago #20
charges were brought some 17 months before the election bigtree 20 hrs ago #22
In truth, it goes back to Dealey Plaza on 22 November 1963. Kid Berwyn 20 hrs ago #24
The Berwyn Book Encyclopedia yellow dahlia 10 hrs ago #64
Garland fell short for whatever reason and on that basis given the ramifications, was a colossal failure. Defending him KPN 19 hrs ago #29
no, the courts fell short, then the American people followed bigtree 17 hrs ago #36
Thanks for all the good information. Minds may not be changed, but facts will be out there. Joinfortmill 1 hr ago #68
This message was self-deleted by its author Joinfortmill 16 hrs ago #40
Agreed. The moment he knew of stolen state secrets he should arrested him... returnee 15 hrs ago #49
the courts failed us bigtree 15 hrs ago #50
As I understand it... returnee 3 hrs ago #66
counterpunch was basically a Russian tool during the 2016 election bigtree 22 hrs ago #12
CounterPunch sucks most when they publish an article I don't agree with. Kid Berwyn 21 hrs ago #21
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez is doing her courageous part with the Epstein horrors on her substack. Bumbles 22 hrs ago #5
If Merrick Garland is really "one of them" then why wasn't he approved for SCOTUS? FakeNoose 22 hrs ago #6
As Is Your Prerogative. But Don't Think You KNOW Garland...... ColoringFool 22 hrs ago #9
most people who pretend he's some double agent don't know anything about the actual prosecution bigtree 22 hrs ago #11
What became of those prosecutions? CivicGrief 19 hrs ago #30
instead of just being trifled with this bigtree 18 hrs ago #35
Ha! Future prosecutions. CivicGrief 16 hrs ago #41
what's sad is the literal surrender from people claiming to be so concerned with prosecuting Trump bigtree 15 hrs ago #47
If Jack Smith ever comes forward and says that Merrick Garland is actually "corrupt" and "in with them" FakeNoose 14 hrs ago #53
Garland hate guarantees clicks MorbidButterflyTat 18 hrs ago #33
Republicans prevented Garland Mad_Machine76 10 hrs ago #62
I HAVE SAID MOST OF THIS, EVEN BCCI. AND THEN THE "WOOO! TINHAT!" COMMENTS...... ColoringFool 22 hrs ago #8
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree 22 hrs ago #10
To people like Thiel, Musk, and their employees manipulating the data to get their and the Powers That Be .. Botany 21 hrs ago #13
Don't forget the bomb threats karin_sj 14 hrs ago #52
I've been saying the same thing for years. Irish_Dem 21 hrs ago #18
May I suggest lonely bird 21 hrs ago #14
So glad that he prioritized avoiding the appearance of a political agenda Orrex 21 hrs ago #15
Orrex.. jfz9580m 1 hr ago #67
The Garland Society folks don't like this one bit. BannonsLiver 21 hrs ago #16
Garland society folks are pro prosecution of Trump bigtree 21 hrs ago #17
Bahahaha BannonsLiver 19 hrs ago #25
no doubt the Anti-Trump Prosecution society exists bigtree 17 hrs ago #37
Epstein class oligarchs irisblue 21 hrs ago #19
😬 Floyd R. Turbo 20 hrs ago #23
Bookmarking for later reading. Epstein-town? CoopersDad 19 hrs ago #26
Maybe that's why it always seems like 1 step forward 2 steps back bucolic_frolic 19 hrs ago #27
Well, one thing cannot be denied, Garland was an Obama SCOTUS choice. Joinfortmill 19 hrs ago #28
True. My understanding was he selected Garland as someone the R Senate would surely approve -- part of his "team of KPN 19 hrs ago #31
Great post/thread Botany, even if in small or even large part it is theory. Theory is what leads to finding facts and KPN 18 hrs ago #32
All I know is, Trump never talks about Garland nor does he seek revenge against him thebigidea 18 hrs ago #34
you have to be kidding bigtree 17 hrs ago #38
I see you graduated to Trump Truth Social posts CivicGrief 16 hrs ago #42
this is specious bigtree 16 hrs ago #45
It's a false claim to imply Trump is going after Garland in the courts like he is everyone else thebigidea 11 hrs ago #57
not yet bigtree 11 hrs ago #59
It's possible that Donald is AFRAID of Garland, with good reason I might add. Joinfortmill 1 hr ago #70
Is "Thiswillhold" the QAnon of the left? chowder66 17 hrs ago #39
It is BlueAnon. It pushes CT crackpottery that repeatededly has been debunked, yet it persists. Celerity 16 hrs ago #43
Yes. mr715 12 hrs ago #56
I love history. I love mysteries. I love taking things... littlemissmartypants 16 hrs ago #44
Knowledge is good Botany 15 hrs ago #46
This thing, I call it the evil of psychopaths, has existed for all time. ... littlemissmartypants 15 hrs ago #48
by the way, the substack is conspiratorial claptrap bigtree 15 hrs ago #51
It is difficult to have useful discussions of this type of material, because... TygrBright 13 hrs ago #54
You mean we should be a.... reACTIONary 9 hrs ago #65
Untangling the Octopus Kid Berwyn 13 hrs ago #55
who is this new poster, and what expertise does he have for making these claims bigtree 11 hrs ago #60
To help explain how Epstein was protected since Reagan. Kid Berwyn 10 min ago #73
It's disgusting to see this kooky CT nonsense rise to the top of the Greatest Page Fiendish Thingy 11 hrs ago #58
Every bit of it is sourced and footnoted. Hardly kooky conspiracy theory. Botany 53 min ago #71
Thanks for sharing, Botany! That was an important read. It was jam packed. yellow dahlia 10 hrs ago #61
This is why I have become a misanthrope. BigmanPigman 10 hrs ago #63
Garland was blueknight73 1 hr ago #69
Well, there's this. It seems that Merrick Garland was NOT popular with the Federalist Society Joinfortmill 47 min ago #72
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