Original sentence: LaRouche stated that "the Cox Committee's report is a scientifically illiterate hoax" and "The Cox Committee's report itself contains sufficient crucial evidence to reveal its claims of alleged scientific espionage by China to be intrinsically fraudulent.The Xinhua News Agency, China's state media agency, reported on criticism of the report by economist and Democratic presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche in June 1999
Edited sentence: Economist and Democratic presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche criticized the report in June 1999, stating that "the Cox Committee's report is a scientifically illiterate hoax" and "The Cox Committee's report itself contains sufficient crucial evidence to reveal its claims of alleged scientific espionage by China to be intrinsically fraudulent