Complex sentence: This was the time of the Whitewater Controversy that involved Hillary and Bill Clinton; and the Keating Five in which five United States Senators including John McCain were accused of corruption, igniting a major political scandal.
Split into simpler sentences: This was the era of the Whitewater Controversy that involved Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton. It was also the era of the Keating Five in which John McCain and four other United States Senators were accused of corruption, igniting a major political scandal.