Original sentence: Further scandal erupted when it was alleged that Gannon had maintained a presence on male escort sites.He attracted attention when he asked President Bush an allegedly 'softball' question, leading liberal bloggers to look into his background.Jeff Gannon was alleged to have gotten special access to the White House, working for a small news website called Talon News (linked to GOPUSA).None of these allegations were ever proven, however, and scant evidence has been provided to back up these allegations, which some have called "rumor mongering.They claimed he had questionable levels of access for a journalist of his standing
Edited sentence: Further scandal erupted when it was revealed that Gannon had maintained a presence on male escort sites.He attracted attention when he asked President Bush an infamously 'softball' question, leading journalists to look into his background and discover what some believed to be questionable levels of access for a journalist of his standing.Jeff Gannon was found to have gotten special access to the White House, working for a small partisan news website called Talon News