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   A top Biden administration official made history as the first nonbinary   
   federal official to face felony charges after swiping a women’s suitcase   
   from an airport.   
      
   Sam Brinton was charged last month with swiping a suitcase of women’s   
   clothes from the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport in September, less than   
   five months after assuming the post of deputy assistant secretary of the   
   Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition at the Department of Energy.   
   The stolen Vera Bradley suitcase along with its contents were worth   
   $2,325, according to a criminal complaint.   
      
   Brinton, who identifies as "genderfluid" and uses they/them pronouns, was   
   charged with felony theft on Oct. 27 and faces up to five years in prison,   
   Alpha News reported Monday. Prior to joining the Biden administration,   
   Brinton was known for promoting sexual fetishes and tying his partners up   
   like dogs. At the Energy Department, Brenton oversees the disposal of   
   highly radioactive nuclear waste.   
      
   Video surveillance footage captured Brinton removing a woman’s luggage   
   from the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport luggage carousel on Sept. 18 and   
   swiftly concealing its bag tag in a handbag. The federal official did not   
   check a bag when departing a Washington, D.C., airport earlier that day,   
   the criminal complaint states. Brinton was later seen with the same Vera   
   Bradley suitcase on Oct. 9 when arriving at Washington Dulles Airport on a   
   return trip from Europe, according to the complaint.   
      
      
      
   Brinton concocted several conflicting stories when confronted by a   
   Minnesota police officer on Oct. 9, the criminal complaint states. Brinton   
   initially denied taking the suitcase when first contacted by the officer   
   over the phone. The federal official then admitted to taking the suitcase,   
   but said "my clothes" were in the bag.   
      
   Brinton changed stories again later that day, calling the officer back and   
   apologizing for not being "completely honest." The federal official then   
   claimed to have accidentally taken the bag and left the clothes in a   
   Minneapolis hotel room. Brinton claims to have kept the stolen luggage   
   because it would have been "weirder" to leave a bag than the clothes, the   
   criminal complaint states.   
      
   The officer then instructed Brinton to return the woman's property to the   
   airport. As of Oct. 27, when the criminal complaint was filed, Brinton had   
   not returned the suitcase.   
      
   Brinton was placed on a leave of absence from the Department of Energy   
   shortly after being charged with felony theft, according to Exchange   
   Monitor. Brinton’s replacement, acting deputy assistant secretary for   
   spent fuel Kim Petry, notified her colleagues on Nov. 18 that she would be   
   leading the office "for the foreseeable future."   
      
   "I should have another update for all of you in a month or so," Petry   
   said. The timeline matches with Brinton’s scheduled hearing in Minneapolis   
   on Dec. 19.   
      
   Published under: Crime, Department of Energy, Minneapolis, Transgender   
      
   https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-official-makes-history-   
   the-first-non-binary-federal-official-to-face-felony-theft-charges/   
      
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