CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper April 2, 2013 20:17:00
Bribed gop county leaders to back him with money he got from a real estate tycoon. too bad the guy bank rolling him was actually an undercover fbi agent. for today's installment of explain this to me we turn to erl lewis. who is this guy? >> malcolm smith used to be the top democrat in the new york state senate so had a lot of power in 2009. his colleagues unfortunately dumped him after about six months. his star was not exactly on the rise. then he just decided that maybe he could run for mayor. everyone mesmerized by the fact there are so few republicans in new york city if you can round up ...
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