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3. This international criminal network is massive and is multigenerational too.
Thu May 21, 2026, 09:25 AM
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(Trump is just a bit player in the largest multi generational and international criminal operation that
World has known. And Putin is at war with western democracies and having an idiot who is totally
compromised, a psychopath, and has progressive dementia as President is a good way to hurt
America and other nations.)

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.

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( 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

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