Jeff Smith: The Long and Winding Journey to My Second Act

When I got back onto the elevator an hour later, the spring in my step was gone. My lawyer had informed me that a) my political career was over, b) my best friend and closest ally had been taping our private conversations for months, c) the contents of these tapes would be splashed across the front page of the newspaper for weeks on end, and d) I was probably going to jail.

Author: Jeff Smith
Published: Apr 4, 2011
Length: 6 minutes (1,732 words)
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