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Botany

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Fri May 15, 2026, 08:30 AM May 15

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 May 15 #1
Where are Merrick Garland and Lisa Monaco Today? gab13by13 May 15 #2
Garland delayed in prosecuting Trump after GOP tried to delay his nomination for a huge loss of time. GreenWave May 15 #4
Money, Power, Fascism -- The Octopus Kid Berwyn May 15 #3
and the Supreme Court who not only enabled Trump back into office bigtree May 15 #7
Garland did not stop the traitor nor his conspiracy. Kid Berwyn May 15 #20
charges were brought some 17 months before the election bigtree May 15 #22
In truth, it goes back to Dealey Plaza on 22 November 1963. Kid Berwyn May 15 #24
The Berwyn Book Encyclopedia yellow dahlia May 15 #64
The OCTOPUS in Dallas: Poppy involved in JFK Assassination Kid Berwyn May 16 #77
Thanks, Kid! yellow dahlia May 16 #78
Garland fell short for whatever reason and on that basis given the ramifications, was a colossal failure. Defending him KPN May 15 #29
no, the courts fell short, then the American people followed bigtree May 15 #36
Thanks for all the good information. Minds may not be changed, but facts will be out there. Joinfortmill May 16 #68
This message was self-deleted by its author Joinfortmill May 15 #40
Agreed. The moment he knew of stolen state secrets he should arrested him... returnee May 15 #49
the courts failed us bigtree May 15 #50
As I understand it... returnee May 16 #66
The government brings the cases before the grand jury questionseverything May 17 #82
counterpunch was basically a Russian tool during the 2016 election bigtree May 15 #12
CounterPunch sucks most when they publish an article I don't agree with. Kid Berwyn May 15 #21
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez is doing her courageous part with the Epstein horrors on her substack. Bumbles May 15 #5
If Merrick Garland is really "one of them" then why wasn't he approved for SCOTUS? FakeNoose May 15 #6
As Is Your Prerogative. But Don't Think You KNOW Garland...... ColoringFool May 15 #9
most people who pretend he's some double agent don't know anything about the actual prosecution bigtree May 15 #11
What became of those prosecutions? CivicGrief May 15 #30
instead of just being trifled with this bigtree May 15 #35
Ha! Future prosecutions. CivicGrief May 15 #41
what's sad is the literal surrender from people claiming to be so concerned with prosecuting Trump bigtree May 15 #47
If Jack Smith ever comes forward and says that Merrick Garland is actually "corrupt" and "in with them" FakeNoose May 15 #53
Garland hate guarantees clicks MorbidButterflyTat May 15 #33
Republicans prevented Garland Mad_Machine76 May 15 #62
That's because Garland is not (and never was) one of them FakeNoose May 16 #74
I HAVE SAID MOST OF THIS, EVEN BCCI. AND THEN THE "WOOO! TINHAT!" COMMENTS...... ColoringFool May 15 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree May 15 #10
To people like Thiel, Musk, and their employees manipulating the data to get their and the Powers That Be .. Botany May 15 #13
Don't forget the bomb threats karin_sj May 15 #52
I've been saying the same thing for years. Irish_Dem May 15 #18
The BCCI-CIA Connection: Just How Far Did It Go? Kid Berwyn May 22 #84
The Bush Crime Family had tentacles everywhere. Irish_Dem May 22 #85
May I suggest lonely bird May 15 #14
So glad that he prioritized avoiding the appearance of a political agenda Orrex May 15 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m May 16 #67
The Garland Society folks don't like this one bit. BannonsLiver May 15 #16
Garland society folks are pro prosecution of Trump bigtree May 15 #17
Bahahaha BannonsLiver May 15 #25
no doubt the Anti-Trump Prosecution society exists bigtree May 15 #37
Epstein class oligarchs irisblue May 15 #19
😬 Floyd R. Turbo May 15 #23
Bookmarking for later reading. Epstein-town? CoopersDad May 15 #26
Maybe that's why it always seems like 1 step forward 2 steps back bucolic_frolic May 15 #27
Well, one thing cannot be denied, Garland was an Obama SCOTUS choice. Joinfortmill May 15 #28
True. My understanding was he selected Garland as someone the R Senate would surely approve -- part of his "team of KPN May 15 #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 May 15 #32
All I know is, Trump never talks about Garland nor does he seek revenge against him thebigidea May 15 #34
you have to be kidding bigtree May 15 #38
I see you graduated to Trump Truth Social posts CivicGrief May 15 #42
this is specious bigtree May 15 #45
It's a false claim to imply Trump is going after Garland in the courts like he is everyone else thebigidea May 15 #57
not yet bigtree May 15 #59
It's possible that Donald is AFRAID of Garland, with good reason I might add. Joinfortmill May 16 #70
Is "Thiswillhold" the QAnon of the left? chowder66 May 15 #39
It is BlueAnon. It pushes CT crackpottery that repeatededly has been debunked, yet it persists. Celerity May 15 #43
Yes. mr715 May 15 #56
I love history. I love mysteries. I love taking things... littlemissmartypants May 15 #44
Knowledge is good Botany May 15 #46
This thing, I call it the evil of psychopaths, has existed for all time. ... littlemissmartypants May 15 #48
The best way out of our current predicament is arresting the evil doers questionseverything May 17 #83
by the way, the substack is conspiratorial claptrap bigtree May 15 #51
It appears there is a good chance This Will Hold is actually Russian state sponsored disinformation Wiz Imp May 16 #76
It is difficult to have useful discussions of this type of material, because... TygrBright May 15 #54
You mean we should be a.... reACTIONary May 15 #65
Untangling the Octopus Kid Berwyn May 15 #55
who is this new poster, and what expertise does he have for making these claims bigtree May 15 #60
To help explain how Epstein was protected since Reagan. Kid Berwyn May 16 #73
Duh , kid is octo... octo is kid , he's a long time duer and he is always sourced questionseverything May 17 #81
It's disgusting to see this kooky CT nonsense rise to the top of the Greatest Page Fiendish Thingy May 15 #58
Every bit of it is sourced and footnoted. Hardly kooky conspiracy theory. Botany May 16 #71
Thanks for sharing, Botany! That was an important read. It was jam packed. yellow dahlia May 15 #61
This is why I have become a misanthrope. BigmanPigman May 15 #63
Garland was blueknight73 May 16 #69
a tragic mistake themaguffin May 16 #75
Well, there's this. It seems that Merrick Garland was NOT popular with the Federalist Society Joinfortmill May 16 #72
Eaton Corporation LessAspin May 16 #79
And in 2021 Eaton bought Tripp Lite and that allowed the placement of firmware patches onto the Botany May 17 #80
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