The Roberts married in their early 40s and adopted two children within a few months of each other in 2000.
OK...add my name to the list when you answer why the adoption of two children would be grounds for blackmail.
The facts are the Roberts’ adopted 2 children from Ireland, a country that does not allow adoption of its children by noncitizens. It was done by having the mothers go to a South American country with their infants and the adoption took place there.
The assumption is that that was an illegal way to adopt these children.
Don’t blast me for this - I’m just relaying the information. I personally think it’s more likely that Roberts was looking at ‘his’ court’s legacy and thought it needed to appear bipartisan or nonpartisan, actually.