Complex sentence: During the proceedings, the CDU politician Rainer Barzel resigned from his office as President of the Bundestag on 25 October 1984, after being accused of being entangled in the Flick scandal; a charge rejected by both the inquiry committee and the prosecuting authorities two years later.
Split into simpler sentences: During the proceedings, the CDU politician Rainer Barzel resigned from his office as President of the Bundestag on 25 October 1984. He had been accused of being entangled in the Flick scandal; a charge rejected by both the inquiry committee and the prosecuting authorities two years later.