{"id":1975004,"date":"2023-07-17T10:34:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T14:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sam-brinton-was-on-taxpayer-funded-trip-when-the-official-allegedly-stole-luggage-watchdog\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T10:36:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T14:36:41","slug":"sam-brinton-was-on-taxpayer-funded-trip-when-the-official-allegedly-stole-luggage-watchdog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sam-brinton-was-on-taxpayer-funded-trip-when-the-official-allegedly-stole-luggage-watchdog\/","title":{"rendered":"Watchdog claims official stole luggage from Sam Brinton during taxpayer-funded trip."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsam-brinton-was-on-taxpayer-funded-trip-when-the-official-allegedly-stole-luggage-watchdog%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1975004&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former \u200cBiden Administration Official \u2063Allegedly Steals Luggage on Taxpayer-Funded\u200c Trip<\/h2>\n<p>Former Biden administration nuclear\u200b waste official Sam \u200dBrinton\u2063 made\u2064 headlines when\u2063 it\u200b was\u2064 revealed that he allegedly stole \u200bluggage \u200dfrom\u200d an\u2064 airport in Nevada during\u2063 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-china-policy-under-scrutiny-as-kerry-is-set-to-meet-ccp-officials\/\" title=\"Kerry's meeting with CCP officials raises questions about Biden's China policy.\">taxpayer-funded\u200b trip<\/a>. \u2064The incident \u2062occurred \u2064while Brinton \u200dwas visiting\u200d the\u200c Department of Energy&#8217;s \u2064Nevada\u2063 National Security \u200cSite,\u2064 according to\u200d documents obtained \u2062by the Functional Government\u2062 Initiative and shared \u2063with the Washington \u200bExaminer.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s outrageous that tax \u2063dollars \u2064transported \u200bBrinton to and from the scene \u2062of\u200b a crime, \u2063putting\u2062 the American\u200d public unwittingly\u200b at\u200c the wheel\u2064 of the\u2064 getaway\u200c car,&#8221;\u2064 said \u200dPeter McGinnis, communications director\u200d for \u200cthe Functional \u2064Government Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The federal\u2062 government \u200dobviously\u2062 needs a\u2064 more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-claims-bidens-afghanistan-crisis-is-a-success-appears-to-admit-admin-expects-some-will-be-left-behind\/\" title=\"Psaki Claims Biden\u2019s Afghanistan Crisis Is \u2018A Success,\u2019 Appears To Admit Admin Expects Some Will Be Left Behind\">stringent vetting process<\/a> for senior-level \u2062positions. Senior officials \u200ccommitting \u2063petty crime\u200d while on the \u200dclock is a clear \u2062indication that\u200b something\u200c is dysfunctional\u2064 in the personnel\u200b procedures,&#8221;\u2063 he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The four-day \u200ctrip,\u200c costing \u2063$1,951.50, included \u2064a round-trip \u200dflight \u2064from\u2063 Washington \u2063Dulles International Airport to \u2063Las \u200cVegas \u2062on United \u2063Airlines. Brinton\u2064 stayed at\u200b the \u2062Hilton Grand \u2064Vacations Club on the Las\u200c Vegas \u200cStrip from July 6 to\u2064 July \u20639, 2022.\u200d It \u2063was \u200bduring \u200bthis trip that\u200b Brinton allegedly stole luggage \u2062valued at $3,670\u200d from the airport\u200c in Las\u200d Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2063 December 2022, \u2062Brinton was arrested \u200dand\u2064 charged with grand larceny after \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-who-set-fire-in-residence-hall-as-part-of-hate-crime-hoax-charged-with-misdemeanor\/\" title=\"Student Who Set Fire In Residence Hall As Part Of Hate Crime Hoax Charged With Misdemeanor\">security footage showed<\/a> him with \u200dthe stolen luggage. He entered \u200ca \u200bplea deal in\u200b April, resulting in \u200ba \u2063restitution\u200c payment\u200b of $3,670.74 for the stolen \u200dmaterials and\u2063 a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sam-brinton-was-on-taxpayer-funded-trip-when-the-official-allegedly-stole-luggage-watchdog\/\" title=\"Watchdog claims official stole luggage from Sam Brinton during taxpayer-funded trip.\">180-day \u200csuspended\u200b jail term<\/a>, as \u2064reported by\u200c Fox 5\u2062 Las\u2062 Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Energy confirmed \u2062in December\u200c 2022 that Brinton \u2063no\u2064 longer \u2064worked for \u2063the \u200cagency.\u2063 &#8220;Sam Brinton is no\u2063 longer a DOE \u2064employee. \u2062By \u200claw, the\u2064 Department\u2062 of \u200dEnergy \u200dcannot\u200c comment further\u2062 on\u2064 personnel\u200b matters,&#8221; stated a\u2062 department spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to\u200d the \u200cNevada \u200cincident,\u200c Brinton was also \u200ccharged\u2063 in\u200d Minnesota\u200c for an \u200calleged \u200cluggage robbery \u200cand\u200d was\u2064 released\u200b on no\u200d bail in February. Furthermore, \u200bin May, he \u200cwas \u2063arrested on\u2063 charges \u200bof\u2064 being a &#8220;fugitive \u2064from justice&#8221;\u2062 related \u2064to allegations \u2064of\u200c stolen \u2062property \u200bin\u200b luggage from \u200bReagan National Airport.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>This\u2062 case \u2064raises \u2062concerns \u200cabout the \u2064vetting\u200b process for \u2062senior-level \u2063positions\u2063 within\u200b the\u200b federal government. It is \u2064crucial to\u2063 ensure that individuals \u2064entrusted \u200cwith\u200b taxpayer-funded trips uphold the highest standards of integrity \u2064and responsibility.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click \u2063here<\/a> to read \u2062more from\u200c the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Biden admin nuclear waste official Sam Brinton allegedly stole luggage from Nevada&#8217;s Harry Reid Int&#8217;l Airport while on a taxpayer-funded trip to the Department of Energy&#8217;s Nevada National Security Site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1975005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}