Original sentence: In 2006 he served on the advisory board of the legal defense fund for I.Lewis ("Scooter") Libby, Jr, who was indicted and later convicted of lying to federal investigators during their investigation of the Plame affair
Edited sentence: Lewis ("Scooter") Libby, Jr prior to 2006, Thompson said that he was convinced he was innocent, and served on the advisory board of Libby's defense fund after Libby was indicted for lying to federal investigators during their investigation of the Plame affair.Though he had not met I