Original sentence: Criticism came from Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee.Following Totenberg's allegation to the Washington Post's Howard Kurtz that she had been sexually harassed at the National Observer, Al Hunt of the Wall Street Journal brought up the then-nearly 20 year old plagiarism incident in a column about media coverage of and responses to the Thomas hearings.She and another reporter, Newsday'''s Timothy Phelps, were subpoenaed by the committee but refused to answer questions about their confidential sources
Edited sentence: Criticism came many Thomas supporters, including Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee.Following Totenberg's allegation to the Washington Post'''s Howard Kurtz that she had been sexually harassed at the National Observer, Al Hunt of the Wall Street Journal brought up the plagiarism incident in a column about media coverage of and responses to the Thomas hearings.She and another reporter, Newsdays Timothy Phelps, were subpoenaed by the committee but refused to answer questions about their confidential sources.Some observers connected Hunt's rehashing of a then-nearly 20 year old incident to the Journals editorial stance, which supported Thomas and had previously attacked Totenberg