Complex sentence: The following year, he alluded to continuing secret negotiation with France in his pamphlets; the resultant scandal and Paine's conflict with Robert Morris eventually led to Paine's expulsion from the Committee in 1779.
Split into simpler sentences: The following year, he alluded to secret negotiation underway with France in his pamphlets. There was scandal; together with Paine's conflict with Robert Morris it led to Paine's expulsion from the Committee in 1779.