Complex sentence: The federal indictment stated that McCrory, a former Mississippi Republican House member and businessperson who served as the chairperson of the Rankin County School District's board of education, provided Epps with kickbacks and bribes totaling more than $1 million.
Split into simpler sentences: The federal indictment stated that McCrory, a Republican and former Mississippi State House member, was a businessman who served as the chairperson of the Rankin County School District's board of education. He had paid Epps with kickbacks and bribes totaling more than $1 million.