Complex sentence: When the judge threatens to cite Schiff for contempt as well, Schiff takes the matter to another presumably superior judge, who tells the other trial judge that he "has come down with the flu" and will not continue with the trial.
Split into simpler sentences: When the judge threatens to cite Schiff for contempt as well, Schiff takes the matter to another presumably superior judge. This judge tells the other trial judge that he "has come down with the flu" and will not continue with the trial.