Original sentence: During the 2012 congressional election campaign his Republican opponent, Brian Bilbray, made the scandal a major theme against Peters.The city has spent $7 million defending officials involved in this case, including $631,000 defending Peters.cleared Peters and the other council members of fraud, but the Kroll Report investigation called them "negligent"
Edited sentence: "    During the 2012 congressional election campaign his Republican opponent, Brian Bilbray, made the scandal a major theme against Peters.cost taxpayers $631,000 in legal bills defending Councilmember Peters and he was ultimately deemed "negligent" by the Kroll Report for his vote approving a plan "that violated the California Constitution, the City Charter, and the Municipal Code