Original sentence: Because Wright was alleged to have used a book deal to circumvent campaign finance laws and House ethics rules, Gingrich would later be accused of hypocrisy and unethical behavior when he accepted a $4.5 million advance as part of a book deal, and Gingrich would be forced to return the advance.Nonetheless, Gingrich's success in forcing Wright's resignation was in part responsible for his rising influence in the Republican caucus
Edited sentence: Gingrich brought about Wright's downfall by sustaining an accusation that Wright took a $55,00 advance from lobbyists for a book Wright wrote.Gingrich's success was in part responsible for his rising influence in the Republican caucus.It only came out later that Gingrich himself took a $4.5 million advance from Robert Murdoch's company for a book that Gingrich wrote; when the hypocrisy became public knowledge, Gingrich was forced to give back the $4.5 million