Original sentence: DeLay and Blankenship settled for an undisclosed sum, and Blankenship's attorney told Bardach that had he known about the congressional disclosure forms, he would have referred the case to the Harris County district attorney's office for a perjury prosecution.In early 1999, as the House vote on impeaching president Bill Clinton neared (a vote DeLay had worked very hard to ensure would succeed), Anne-Louise Bardach  at The New Republic picked up a story first reported by Houston-area alternative weeklies (1) alleging that DeLay himself had committed perjury during a civil lawsuit brought against him by a former business partner in 1994.The plaintiff also alleged that Albo money had been spent on DeLay's congressional campaigns, in violation of federal and state law.The plaintiff in that suit, Robert Blankenship, had charged that DeLay and a third partner in Albo Pest Control had breached the partnership agreement by trying to force him out of the business without buying him out, and filed suit against DeLay, charging him and the other partner with breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, wrongful termination, loss of corporate expectancy, and injunctive relief.These allegations have never been investigated and DeLay has never been charged
Edited sentence: In early 1999, as the House vote on impeaching president Bill Clinton neared (a vote DeLay had worked very hard to ensure would succeed), Anne-Louise Bardach at The New Republic picked up a story first reported by Houston-area alternative weeklies (1) that DeLay himself had possibly committed perjury (the purported offense of Clinton's he was most focused on) during a civil lawsuit brought against him by a former business partner in 1994.No investigations were started, although Blankenship's attorney told Bardach that had he known about the congressional disclosure forms, he would have referred the case to the Harris County district attorney's office for a perjury prosecution.The plaintiff in that suit, Robert Blankenship, had charged that DeLay and a third partner in Albo Pest Control had breached the partnership agreement by trying to force him out of the business without buying him out.The suit was settled after DeLay was told by the judge that his defense was legally shaky, and he settled with Blankenship for an undisclosed sum.There was also evidence that Albo money had been spent on DeLay's congressional campaigns, in violation of federal and state law