Those were current events, we're talking about FBI/IRS files that are over a decade old.
Doesn't matter. A leaked FBI report that says Republican congressman Smith beat his ex-wife, committed adultery, didn't pay child support timely, or is an in-the-closet homosexual will be played in the press as worse 'crimes' than the four murders committed by Tookie Williams. When the event happened doesn't matter. Look at what they did with forged documents against Bush in '04 backdated thirty years ago...and the drunk driving claim made right before the election in '00.