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Above, two pillers of the Biden administration, Admiral Rachel L. Levine the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Sam Brinton (right)

  • Sam Brinton, a senior DOE official, is charged with stealing a suitcase
  • Brinton was caught on camera at Minneapolis-St. Paul airport taking a blue bag off baggage claim after flying in from Washington 
  • A woman reported the bag missing later that day and Brinton was identified
  • Brinton, 34, claimed to have not taken the bag but then changed their mind
  • If found guilty they could now face five years in jail, a $10,000 fine, or both 
  • Read the latest update: Brinton keeps job as White House says NOTHING

James Gordon – Daily Mail.com Nov 29, 2022

A non-binary drag queen who had been working in a nuclear waste job in President Joe Biden’s Department of Energy has been charged with felony theft after they allegedly stole a bag from the baggage claim at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Sam Brinton, whose full title was as the DOE’s Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition, is accused of taking the bag in September. They are currently on a leave of absence from their DOE job.

If found guilty they could now face five years in jail, a $10,000 fine, or both.

Brinton made headlines earlier this year after proudly announcing on LinkedIn that they had become Deputy Assistant Secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Department of Energy.

The 34-year-old scientist, who was the first non-binary person to accept a position in federal government leadership, has not been at work for at least a month with Kim Petry, the acting deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel, standing in.

Petry told coworkers she had been asked to stay on as head of the spent fuel office ‘for the foreseeable future’ by Kathryn Huff, assistant secretary for nuclear energy.

‘I should have another update for all of you in a month or so,’ Petry wrote in the email as seen by Exchange Monitor. It will no doubt depend on what occurs at Brinton’s next court hearing on December 19.

In a complaint from October 27, it is alleged Brinton was seen caught on airport surveillance cameras removing ‘a navy blue hard-sided roller bag’ from a baggage claim carousel.

On the same day, the bag was reported missing by a woman earlier in the day.

After reviewing several surveillance videos she identified the bag as hers adding that the total value of items in the allegedly stolen bag was roughly $2,325.

 

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