:Doesn't the sentence before say the same thing? 

 amassing over $7 million during the first quarter of 2003, more than half of which came from individuals associated with the legal profession, particularly Edwards' fellow trial lawyers, their families, and employees. 
 I'm not horribly opposed to the link, but the "FEC investigated" is just plain incorrect (so is "each came from paralegals making less than $35k").  What if we scratched the sentence I started here but left the link?