Complex sentence: Moreover, Lendman said that bin Laden died of natural causes in mid-December 2001, citing former Pakistani President Benazir Bhutto, and that bin Laden's supposed death was strategically timed as a distraction so Obama's approval rating would increase, despite a very weak American economy.
Split into simpler sentences: Moreover, Lendman said that bin Laden died of natural causes in mid-December 2001, citing former Pakistani President Benazir Bhutto. Lendman also contended that bin Laden's supposed death was strategically timed as a distraction so Obama's approval rating would increase, despite a very weak American economy.