Perennial South Bay GOP congressional candidate pleads guilty to wire fraud

Perennial South Bay GOP congressional candidate pleads guilty to wire fraud

Four-time Republican congressional candidate Omar Navarro has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in a plea deal. Navarro ran four times, all unsuccessfully, to represent California’s 43rd Congressional District and unseat Democrat Maxine Waters, who has represented the area since 1991. Throughout his failed campaigns, he fundraised over $1 million dollars and conspired with his mother, Dora Asghari, and a friend, Zacharias Diamantides-Abe…