One thing I have learned about the Democrats, they always accuse Republicans of doing what they are doing.
The Clintons got their hands on FBI background files on over 900 Republican politicians. This is not conjecture, this is known fact and it is just what they were caught with. No doubt they were able to get all kinds of confidential records, (FBI records, medical records, tax records) on everyone involved in politics, including Democrats. Even the most honest of us have things we don't want out in public, and if we don't we have loved ones who are subject to such blackmail. This explains how the Clintons were able to completely take over the Democrat party, get rid of Newt Gingrich, and control Denny Hastert. It also explains how Obama won. He was not on anyone's political radar when the Clintons were on office and they just didn't have the dirt on him.
Obama took a lesson from the Clintons and was apparently doing the same thing, maybe on an expanded scale. Plus medical records on political opponents became much easier to access thanks to Obamacare.
What happened to Jeff Sessions? My guess is the Democrats had some minor dirt on him and used it to control him. Pretty much whenever I see any Republican bowing to the Democrats I assume that the Democrats have some dirt they are using for blackmail. And I'm probably right.