Original sentence: " The allegations that Turner acts as an informant to the FBI surfaced after unidentified hackers claimed on Turner's website's forums that they had read email correspondence between him and an FBI agent, apparently his handler.According to MSNBC, "Federal officials have said in the past that Turner was briefly an informant for the FBI, something he strongly denied
Edited sentence: " After this, Federal officials confirmed that Turner "was briefly an informant for the FBI," which Turner continued to deny.The original allegations that Turner acts as an informant to the FBI surfaced in 2008 after unidentified hackers claimed on Turner's website's forums that they had read email correspondence between him and an FBI agent, apparently his handler