Complex sentence: He also attempted to manage the release of statements from the White House by the press, by forming the Ananias Club--to include any journalist who repeated a statement made by the president without approval; the penalty was restriction of further access.
Split into simpler sentences: He also attempted to manage the press's release of White House statements by forming the Ananias Club. Any journalist who repeated a statement made by the president without approval was penalized by restriction of further access.