Original sentence: As a junior associate in the mid-1990s, Gillibrand helped defend the company's executives against a criminal investigation into whether they had committed perjury in their testimony before Congress when they claimed that they had no knowledge of a connection between tobacco smoking and cancer.As part of her work, she traveled to the company's laboratory in Germany, where she interviewed scientists about research into the connection
Edited sentence: As part of her work on behalf of Philip Morris, she traveled to the company's laboratory in Germany, where she interviewed scientists about their research.In the mid-1990s, Gillibrand helped defend the company's executives against a criminal investigation into whether they had committed perjury in their testimony before Congress when they claimed that they had no knowledge of a connection between tobacco smoking and cancer.The government abandoned its criminal inquiry against Philip Morris in 1999.The government inquiry focused on whether the company was in possession of scientific study results demonstrating such a connection at the time of their testimony.Though not released publicly, the research showed a connection between smoking and cancer