Fellow travelers. . .useful idiots. . .blackmail. . .fear of 'truth to power'; explains a good bit of the power MO and as well, the disempowered and incompetent, coming into their own. . .and into a power structure that heretofore; they could NEVER access on their own merits- a tactic of Leftist necessitythat insures loyalty to the cause.
And beyond this; an incredible unfolding that challenges any fiction.
And just see how easy both of the Clintons caved in and followed in lock steps!!!