Well, there is something else though about the timeline. While the case ended in the spring, they agents did not go to prison until this year. So they weren't incarcerated for that long before their appeal was started. Why was their incarceration delayed so long, and could that be the same reason the transcripts took so long?
That I think I can answer. In the transcript, they started discussing dates for the sentencing or jail phase, if I recall. Whatever it was, they started with a possible date of November [if not October] then while all lawyers and the judge went over their schedules it was like a comedy routine. There were the usual trial conflicts, but then it started getting into conflicts with "seminars" and birthdays and the holidays. So what started out as a November date ending up in February I think. If you need a laugh, the several pages devoted to agreeing to a date acceptable to all is worth a read!