{"id":1975358,"date":"2023-07-17T16:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T20:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-biden-non-binary-nuclear-official-stole-luggage-during-taxpayer-funded-trip-report\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T16:35:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T20:35:41","slug":"ex-biden-non-binary-nuclear-official-stole-luggage-during-taxpayer-funded-trip-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-biden-non-binary-nuclear-official-stole-luggage-during-taxpayer-funded-trip-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Biden administration official, who identified as non-binary, allegedly stole luggage while on a 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\">32<\/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%2Fex-biden-non-binary-nuclear-official-stole-luggage-during-taxpayer-funded-trip-report%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=1975358&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 Biden \u2064Energy Department\u2064 Official \u2064Caught \u2062Stealing Luggage<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Former\u2063 \u201cnon-binary\u201d Biden \u200cEnergy \u200dDepartment official Sam Brinton rolled off\u200c with \u2064a woman\u2019s suitcase from Harry Reid International Airport \u200bin Las\u2062 Vegas last \u2064year while on 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\u2062 trip<\/a>, according to a \u200bfederal \u2062watchdog group.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Brinton, who President Joe Biden tapped to \u2063serve\u200c as the\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-pauses-plan-to-offer-vaccines-to-guantanamo-bay-detainees\/\" title=\"Pentagon Pauses Plan To Offer Vaccines To Guantanamo Bay Detainees\">deputy assistant secretary<\/a> of \u2062the Office of\u200d Spent Fuel\u200d and Waste Disposition in the U.S. \u2064Department of Energy, was\u2062 fired six months later amid allegations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-ex-doe-official-sam-brinton-was-on-taxpayer-funded-trip-during-luggage-burglary\/\" title=\"Biden's ex-DOE official, Sam Brinton, on taxpayer-funded trip during luggage theft.\">stealing \u200dluggage<\/a> and women\u2019s \u2062clothing from at least\u2064 three different\u200d airports.<\/p>\n<p>But during \u200bone of Brinton\u2019s luggage \u2064heists, \u200cthe\u2064 federal watchdog \u200cFunctional Government Initiative\u200d (FGI) report provided\u200b to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/17\/non-binary-ex-biden-official-sam-brinton-was-on-secret-taxpayer-funded-trip-at-time-of-luggage-theft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Post<\/a> found\u2062 that he was in\u2062 Vegas on business representing the \u2064Energy Department when airport surveillance captured \u200bimages of him swiping a\u2062 woman\u2019s suitcase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot\u200b only did Sam Brinton commit \u2064a \u200bcrime, the illegal \u2064shopping spree was funded by taxpayers,\u201d Pete \u2062McGinnis, FGI\u2019s director\u200c of communications, told The \u2063Post. \u201cThe\u200d pattern of petty \u200dtheft shows that Brinton never\u200d should\u2019ve been hired and\u200c given\u2064 a\u200d security clearance in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Taxpayer-Funded \u2063Trip \u2062and\u2062 Luxury Stay<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The business \u200btrip occurred\u2062 from July \u200c6 through \u200dJuly \u20629,\u200c 2022.<\/li>\n<li>It included\u200b a meeting and \u200dsite\u200d visit to DOE \u200dLas \u2062Vegas Site.<\/li>\n<li>The \u200dfour-day \u200ctrip cost taxpayers\u200b $1,951.50.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The documentation \u2064also revealed \u200bthat\u2064 Brinton stayed at the Hilton Grand Vacations\u2064 Club located on the Las \u2063Vegas Strip.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities initially charged Brinton with a felony based on \u2062the\u200d belief he \u200dstole $3,670 worth \u2064of items. However, the former Biden official \u2064agreed to pay \u200bthe \u2062victim \u2064more than $3,500 in restitution and received\u2063 a\u2064 suspended \u200c180-day jail sentence\u2063 under\u200c the assumption Brinton would\u2062 obey the law.<\/p>\n<p>Brinton pleaded \u2063\u201cno\u200d contest\u201d to the misdemeanor theft.<\/p>\n<p>Brinton, who \u2062has \u2064dressed in drag\u2063 and boasted online about his\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-biden-non-binary-nuclear-official-stole-luggage-during-taxpayer-funded-trip-report\/\" title=\"Former Biden administration official, who identified as non-binary, allegedly stole luggage while on a taxpayer-funded trip.\">puppy \u200brole-play fetish<\/a>, first came under fire\u2063 in\u2064 December 2022 for allegedly \u200bstealing a\u2062 woman\u2019s \u2062luggage in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities charged Brinton with stealing luggage at the Minneapolis-St. Paul\u200c airport,\u2064 where he allegedly removed a tag from \u2062a navy blue Vera Bradley\u200b suitcase\u200c bag,\u200b dropped it into his handbag, and \u201cthen left the area at a quick \u2062pace\u201d on September 16, 2022, according to \u200ba \u2064criminal complaint.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>And earlier this year, authorities\u200d <a \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ex-biden-non-binary-nuclear-official-sam-brinton-to-be-placed-in-mens-jail-over-luggage-theft-charges-report\" \u2064target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested<\/a> \u2062Brinton \u2063at a house in Rockville, Maryland, as a \u201cfugitive\u200c from justice\u201d for allegedly stealing luggage belonging to Tanzanian\u2062 fashion designer\u2063 Asya Khamsin.<\/p>\n<p>Khamsin previously appeared \u2063on \u2063\u201cTucker \u2063Carlson Tonight\u201d in March, saying \u2062that her luggage\u2064 had been stolen from Reagan National\u200b Airport\u2064 in 2018\u2062 on the way\u200d to a fashion show,\u2064 causing catastrophe \u200cbecause she could not show her designs.<\/p>\n<p>Brinton was later\u200c pictured wearing\u2064 one of her one-of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-biden-nuclear-official-sam-brinton-arrested-as-fugitive-from-justice-for-luggage-theft\/\" title=\"Sam Brinton, former Biden nuclear official, arrested for luggage theft as a fugitive.\">-a-kind designs<\/a> that had been in the suitcase, \u2062she said.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities\u200c later \u2062revealed that despite \u2063Brinton\u2019s \u201cnon-binary\u201d\u200d identifier, he would be placed in \u2062a\u200d men\u2019s\u200c jail in Maryland before being released \u2063on bond in June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Biden Energy Department official Sam Brinton, previously identifying as non-binary, allegedly took a woman&#8217;s suitcase from Las Vegas&#8217; Harry Reid International Airport during a taxpayer-funded trip. A federal watchdog group reported this incident involving Brinton, who was appointed by President Biden as the deputy assistant secretary of the Office of Spent Fuel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":1975359,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/1975358","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\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}