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| For Immediate Release | |
| May 26, 2000 | Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 |
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Action Coincides With Request For Investigation Filed By Senator Helms At The Reno Justice Department (Washington, DC) Today, Judicial Watch has filed a complaint with the Chairwoman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), ironically Ida Castro, in Washington, D.C. over the illegal hiring practices of the owner of the Baltimore Orioles, Peter Angelos. It has been reported recently ("Orioles won't make a pitch for Cuban defectors," The Washington Times, May 17, 2000, by Brooke Tunstall; "Orioles' policy on Cubans may be illegal," The Washington Times, May 23, 2000, by Eric Fisher and Brooke Tunstall; and "Helms asks Reno for Orioles probe," The Washington Times, May 26, 2000, by Eric Fisher and Brooke Tunstall) that Mr. Angelos refuses to hire baseball players from Cuba who have fled Castro's Communist regime. Mr. Angelos, who is an ardent supporter and contributor to the Clinton-Gore Administration and the Democrat Party, is doing the bidding of Fidel Castro, much like Gregory Craig of Williams & Connolly, the President and Mrs. Clinton's law firm. Mr. Angelos' bidding, however, is illegal, as it discriminates on the basis of national origin. "The Elian Gonzalez and Baltimore Orioles' sagas are very instructive to the American people. It is now apparent that there are many people in high places in our government and elsewhere who still sympathize with Castro's Communist dictatorship," stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "Judicial Watch will vigorously do whatever it can under the law to prevent these people from working their will on the American people and violating the law. And, given the pathetic state of the Orioles, they certainly need all the help they can get from ex-Cuban baseball players," added Fitton. |
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