Sam Brinton, a former non-binary Biden administration official involved, finished 2023 free despite facing multiple charges related to alleged theft of airport luggage in several states.
Brinton made headlines in mid-2022 after being appointed to lead nuclear waste policy at the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE) as a gender fluid non-binary.
Brinton avoided prison in two felony cases, while a third felony case and a related lawsuit are still pending.
In December 2022, the DOE announced that Brinton had left the agency but declined to comment on why.
“When people are appointed to critical positions with important national security responsibilities, the American people must be confident they can be trusted,” Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., chairman of the Senate Republican Conference and ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, told Fox News Digital. at that time.
“The department must launch a thorough investigation into the screening process,” he added. “They have to answer legitimate surveillance questions. It is in the interest of our national security.”
However, the DOE has repeatedly failed to share additional information about Brinton’s apparent firing, and it is unclear whether the agency has conducted any internal investigations into the matter over the past 12 months.
In October 2022, police charged Brinton with stealing $2,325 worth of traveler’s luggage from a baggage carousel at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport after taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, DC, on September 16 of that year.
Former Biden administration official Sam Brinton will finish 2023 free despite facing multiple airport baggage theft charges. Ron Sachs – CNP for the NY Post
And in early December 2022, Las Vegas prosecutors charged Brinton with grand larceny of items valued between $1,200 and $5,000.
Police accused Brinton of stealing a suitcase with an estimated value of $3,670 on July 6, 2022, at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.
The bag contained $1,700 worth of jewelry, $850 worth of clothing and $500 worth of makeup.
Brinton was on a taxpayer-funded official trip to the Nevada National Security Site in Las Vegas at the time of the alleged Las Vegas theft.
Brinton has been accused of stealing luggage from airports in Minnesota and Nevada. LVMPD
Then, in February 2023, following reports of the two cases, a Tanzanian female fashion designer based in Houston told Fox News Digital that several articles of clothing worn by Brinton were in her luggage that was reported missing in Washington, DC, in 2018.
“I saw those images. It was my custom design, which went missing in the bag in 2018,” he told Fox News Digital in an interview. “He was wearing my clothes, which were stolen.”
A few months later, in May, Brinton was arrested by Maryland police and Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority officers in connection with Khamsin’s allegations.
Brinton was previously appointed to lead nuclear waste policy in the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy. Department of Energy
Khamsin’s attorney later confirmed to Fox News Digital that police executing a search warrant at Brinton’s home found Khamsin’s missing dress and returned it to the designer.
Proceedings in the case have been delayed several times, and the next hearing is scheduled for March 2024, according to court filings reviewed by Fox News Digital. Khamsin also filed a lawsuit against Brinton.
Brinton was able to avoid prison on charges filed in Minneapolis and Las Vegas.
Brinton is seen walking with her husband Kevin Rieck outside their home in Rockville, Maryland on June 2, 2023. Ron Sachs – CNP for the NY Post
In April, Brinton agreed to enter an adult diversion program during a remote hearing in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Under the adult diversion program, Brinton will be required to undergo a mental health evaluation, write a letter of apology to the victim, return any stolen property and complete three days of community service.
That same month, Brinton was ordered to pay $3,671 to the victim and $500 in restitution, including criminal fines, in the alleged Las Vegas theft.
Clark County Judge Ann Zimmerman later sentenced Brinton to a suspended 180-day jail sentence, which he will not have to serve, and ordered Brinton to “stay out of trouble.”
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