Things have changed since then.What some DC bureaucrat did or did not lie about as to what paperwork they had has no bearing on what happened at trial. The trial took place in the locality with jurisdiction, not in DC. The defendants had benefit of defense counsel and a trial by jury. They were found guilty. They now have access to the appeals courts.
Why is the Justice Department stonewalling on the trial transcripts? There are too many questions with respect to jury intimidation, false statements by the prosecution, the absence of ballistic evidence tying the officer's firearm to the wound received by the fleeing drug smuggler, and the possibly poor legal counsel the Border Patrol agents received (their attorney told them not to seek publicity even after conviction, a poor strategy in light of the success of the Duke lacrosse players' success in a highly charged, political trial).
The transcripts need to be released in an unsanitized version.