Original sentence: Ann O'Neil Baskins is former General Counsel for Hewlett-Packard Company (HP).Baskins was linked to the HP pretexting scandal.On September 28, 2006, following public disclosure of the matter, Baskins resigned effective immediately, hours before she was to appear as a witness before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce at which she would later invoke the Fifth Amendment to refuse to answer questions
Edited sentence: Ann O'Neil Baskins, former General Counsel for Hewlett-Packard Company (HP), resigned upon investigation into HP's 2006 pretexting scandal