There is an alternate possibility or even in addition to, many of these rich and powerful people only got to where they are by the will of the Cabal. They were in it from the beginning. The blackmail was just insurance that all members must concede to as a condition of membership. Mutually assured destruction that guarantees loyalty. This is necessary among the sociopathic personality types that they enlist. Sociopaths have no honor, only a sense of self.