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George steinbrenner was linked to two cases. and justice department memo states that he provided the fbi with, quote, valuable assistance. it was part of an effort to get a pardon before a conviction over an illegal campaign contribution that the files were a source of embarrassment for the late yankees owner. the late george steinbrenner had become a larger than life character far beyond new york. owner of the yankees for more than 30 years. what wasn't known and what fbi files now reveal is that steinbrenner assisted the fbi on national security cases. what he did is unclear since specifical...

Around richard nixon. steinbrenner was con viconvicte making illegal contributions to nixon's campaign which got him suspended from baseball for a period of time. the yankees owner sought a pardon. in making the case for clemency, his lawyers noted his cooperation with the fbi. in one case he was said to allow an undercover agenting to receive calls at his office over a three-year period. and in another, his lawyers wrote mr. steinbrenner knows that he placed the lives of his family and himself in jeopardy through being involved in a terrorist matter and knows he made the right decision becaus...

When this was all going on. >> reporter: in the documents, steinbrenner's lawyer also revealed that yankees stadium was offered to the fbi and the new york city police department in the mid 1980s, gambling raid was in sxwoshgs law enforcement need ad place to process hundreds of arrests. in the end, the plan to use the stadium was scrapped because of the weather. now steinbrenner's first petition for pardon was denied in 1979 but president reagan did pardon him in 1989. we did reach out to george brianer's sons who no run the yankees but representative for them said they had no comment. >> did...