Original sentence: Considered by many a leading neoconservative, Abrams' appointment by Bush was controversial due to his involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair investigation, over which he had pleaded guilty in 1991 to two misdemeanor counts of unlawfully withholding information from Congress
Edited sentence: A leading Straussian neoconservative, Abrams' appointment by Bush was controversial due to his involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair investigation, over which he had pleaded guilty in 1991 to two misdemeanor counts of unlawfully withholding information from Congress