U don`t understand If for sake of argument Blagojevich was in Difronzos pocket He could then use his position as governor to lobby either directly or indirectly the federal justice departmentt or somebody higher to keep his name of the indictment(giving a noble reason like we want to get him on a state level as a trophy case) In exchange he might grant them a favour that would help them in another area This is entirely possible in my mind.Bulger didnt need the entire justice department or district attorneys office to keep his name off countless indictments for years just his brother and a few fbi agents subordinate.
So we go from Blago being a bookie years ago (which there's very little info on), to him reaching the governor's office, to him using his position to influence the Justice Department in behalf of DiFronzo? This is the kind of connect the dots in order to base conclusions on assumptions or hypotheticals that makes people think the Outfit has more influence than it really does. And you use unique and extraordinary examples, like Whitey Bulger (very much the exception to the rule), as support? Even if, by some chance, Blago did try to intervene for DiFronzo, even as state governor he has virtually zero pull over the federal attorney's office or who they charge. Not to mention going out on a long limb for a known mob boss. And, like I said before, if he did have pull why not protect Lombardo and Marcello as well?
