A Los Angeles County deputy district attorney announced plans Wednesday to challenge Jackie Lacey in the 2020 election, making him the second insurgent candidate promising to bring a more progressive bent to the county’s top law enforcement post.
Iniguez is the second person to challenge Lacey from inside her own office. Last month, Deputy Dist Atty. Richard Ceballos, a veteran prosecutor currently assigned to the organized crime and hate crimes unit, announced his candidacy. He has scheduled a campaign kickoff event for later this month downtown.
Her early campaign, however, has not been without headaches. Last month, a Times investigation found Lacey had received a number of questionable campaign contributions from The donors included the parents of a Sherman Oaks man awaiting trial on murder charges, a chiropractor facing insurance fraud charges in Orange County and a Sun Valley man convicted of trying to smuggle missile parts to Iran. Lacey’s campaign returned $13,000 in donations after being contacted by The Times.
The firefighter’s attorney, Michael Goldstein, had previously served as Lacey’s campaign finance director and donated thousands to her political accounts. The firefighter had originally faced up to seven years in prison, but was granted probation,“When defense attorneys are donating to the district attorney, and those individuals are getting better outcomes, that’s a problem,” said Iniguez, who stopped short of promising to decline donations from defense attorneys.
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