Complex sentence: A week later Tressel exchanged text messages with Cicero, the attorney who had originally notified him of the activities back in April, and verified that the Justice Department matter involved the same players and issues of the April e-mails.
Split into simpler sentences: A week later Tressel exchanged text messages with Cicero, the attorney who had originally notified him of the activities back in April. Tressel verified that the Justice Department matter involved the same players and issues as the April e-mails.