DC's baseball team faces potential DOJ probe after exec allegedly admitted to religious discrimination

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FIRST ON FOX — Washington, D.C.'s professional baseball franchise could come under Justice Department scrutiny after a viral video showed a team executive appearing to admit to his religious discrimination against a Christian player Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., is urging Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon to investe alleged religious discrimination against players for the Washington Nationals, according to a letter sent Thursday to and first obtained by Fox News Digital. The letter comes after Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe published a secretly recorded video of Washington Nationals Director of Community Relations Sean Hudson saying the team does not include pitcher Trevor Williams in certain social media promotion. He cited the player's public criticism of another Major League Baseball franchise for hosting a drag group mocking Catholics. EXCLUSIVE: KENTUCKY BARISTA TAKES LEGAL ACTION AFTER TERMINATION, CLAIMS SHE WAS FIRED FOR SHARING HER FAITH "According to the reporting by James O’Keefe, it appears the Washington Nationals are engaged in unlawful religious discrimination," Boebert told Fox News Digital in a written statement. "I urge the DOJ to take immediate and decisive action." A spokesperson for the Washington Nationals did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Hudson, in the clandestine recording, pointed to Williams’ public objections to the Los Angeles Dodgers honoring the Sisterhood of Perpetual Indulgence — a drag group that dresses as nuns — during the team’s 2023 "Pride Night. The event also drew condemnation from multiple Catholic bishops, who described it as "blasphemous." Williams said he found the group’s anti-Catholic demonstration featuring vulgar caricatures of the crucifixion and sacred rituals to be "deeply offensive," in an interview with Bishop Robert Barron last year. The professional baseball player said he made the decision with his wife to speak out e…