He was sentenced in 2011 for a 14 year sentence. This would carry him through the balance of the Soetoro Regime, and 8 more years of the in-the-bag Hilldog Coronation. Only then would Blago be released. He knew/knows where MANY Soetoro/Clinton skeletons are buried - especially in Illinois.
I was hoping Trump would place some caveats on Blago's commutation - at least spill the beans on what Soetoro's and Rahm's involvement was in the 'selling' of Soetoro's vacated Senate seat.
Also, he needs to fully flesh out the 'deal' he was trying to cut for his wife, Patty, to mimic the phony-baloney job Michelle had at the hospital, carrying on the scheme of 'turfing' indigent patients out of the high-end hospital. This was revealed at trial and needs to be more fully explained.
The judge and prosecutors denied what could have been exculpatory evidence (tapes) that many say would have changed the flavor of the trial. If exclusion of exculpatory evidence sounds familiar, it was a hallmark of Mueller's career.)
Release Rod, release ALL the tapes, but make him dish some dirt.