We can tell that to the North Carolina legislator in question who “knows” that CJ Roberts is being black-mailed. He might add it to his Facebook post!
More seriously, of course black-mail does occur.
But that’s a far cry from “knowing,” with no apparent documentation whatsoever, that it is operating in individual cases.
Anyway, I return you now to regular programming. Coming up this evening: A prime-time special on (other people’s) conspiracy theories.