Sam Brinton, the embattled former non-binary official in the Biden administration, ended 2023 free despite facing multiple charges related to alleged luggage thefts at airports in several states.
Brinton made headlines in mid-2022 after being appointed to lead nuclear waste policy at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy as a genderfluid, non-binary person.
Brinton avoided jail time in two criminal cases, while a third criminal case and a related lawsuit remain ongoing.
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, Americans must be confident that they can be trusted,” said Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., chairman of the Senate Republican Conference and a member of high ranking Senate on Energy and Natural Resources. Committee, he told Fox News Digital at the time.
“The department must launch a thorough investigation into the investigation process,” he added. “They have to respond to legitimate supervisory inquiries. “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 investigation into the matter over the past 12 months.
In October 2022, police charged Brinton with stealing a traveler’s luggage worth a total of $2,325 from the baggage carousel at the Minneapolis-St. Paul after flying out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, DC, on September 16 of that year.
Former Biden administration official Sam Brinton will end 2023 free despite facing multiple airport luggage theft charges. Ron Sachs – CNP for the New York Post
And in early December 2022, Las Vegas prosecutors charged Brinton with grand theft of an item valued between $1,200 and $5,000.
Police charged Brinton with stealing a suitcase with an estimated total value of $3,670 on July 6, 2022, at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.
The bag contained jewelry valued at $1,700, clothing valued at $850 and makeup valued at $500.
Brinton was on an official taxpayer-funded trip to the Nevada National Security Site in Las Vegas at the time of the alleged Las Vegas robbery.
Brinton has been accused of stealing luggage at airports in Minnesota and Nevada. LVMPD
Then in February 2023, following reports of those two cases, a Houston-based Tanzanian fashion designer told Fox News Digital that some clothing items Brinton had been photographed with were in her luggage and that she reported missing in Washington, DC, in 2018. .
“I saw the images. Those were my custom designs, which were lost in that bag in 2018,” he told Fox News Digital in an interview. “I was wearing my clothes, which were stolen.”
Months later, in May, Brinton was arrested by Maryland and Washington Metropolitan Airports Authority police officers in connection with Khamsin’s allegations.
Brinton was previously appointed to lead nuclear waste policy at the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy. Department of Energy
Khamsin’s attorney later confirmed to Fox News Digital that police who executed a search warrant at Brinton’s home discovered Khamsin’s missing clothes and returned them to the designer.
Proceedings in that case have been delayed several times and the next hearing is scheduled for March 2024, according to court documents reviewed by Fox News Digital. Khamsin also filed a lawsuit against Brinton.
Brinton was able to escape jail on charges filed in both Minneapolis and Las Vegas.
Brinton was seen walking with her husband Kevin Rieck outside their home in Rockville, Maryland on June 2, 2023. Ron Sachs – CNP for 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 a victim and $500 in additional fees, including a criminal fine, for the alleged robbery in Las Vegas.
Clark County Judge Ann Zimmerman then gave Brinton a 180-day suspended jail sentence, a sentence he does not need to serve, and ordered Brinton to “stay out of trouble.”
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