The mentally ill Sam Brinton has officially been fired from the Biden Administration’s Department of Energy. This is after the non-binary nuclear waste manager was accused of a string of luggage thefts.
“Sam Brinton is no longer a DOE employee. By law, the Department of Energy cannot comment further on personnel matters,” a DOE spokesperson told the Daily Beast.
🚨 BREAKING: MUGSHOT RELEASED of Non-binary Biden nuclear official Sam Brinton after arrest for multiple luggage theft charges pic.twitter.com/ugUFHcgfe4
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 14, 2022
Brinton was the Biden administration’s deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste disposition at the DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy. He was originally suspended while an investigation took place over being charged with stealing a woman’s suitcase from a Minneapolis airport in September. After the September theft was reported more accusations of luggage theft came to light as Briton was accused of stealing another woman’s bag from a Las Vegas airport in July.
The LGBTQ activist was appointed to his former position with the DOE in June. However, he lost his job after being caught on surveillance cameras making off with a $320 bag from Las Vegas’ Harry Reid International Airport’s baggage claim area. According. to police reports the bag contained more than $3,500 worth of jewelry, clothing, and makeup at the time of the theft.
Sam Brinton is the poster child for the Woke Mind Virus pic.twitter.com/PSs38r22Id
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 14, 2022
The non-binary Brinton was described as “a white male adult wearing a white T-shirt with a large rainbow-colored atomic nuclear symbol design” in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s arrest warrant.
Brinton faces multiple felony charges. In The Las Vegas theft, he has been charged with Felony grand and felony theft charges for the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport incident. The Minneapolis theft also caught Brinton on security footage snatching a woman’s Vera Bradley suitcase with items inside valued at $2,325 from baggage claim.
A group of House Republicans, led by Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde, called on Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to remove Brinton from the DOE.
“We demand the resignation of Sam Brinton, and we implore you to set aside petty politics and appoint only the most qualified and dedicated individuals to influence America’s energy sector,” Clyde and 15 other Republicans wrote in a letter.
Sam Brinton, Biden’s non-binary nuclear waste guru, has been fired after stealing luggage from 2 airports. If only there had been some warning signs… pic.twitter.com/kFB4YbZ6a9
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 13, 2022
The DOE hailed Brinton in June as a “well-known advocate for LGBTQ youth.”
“Sam is also a well-known advocate for LGBTQ youth and helped to secure protections against the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy in more than half of the country,” the DOE said.
Brinton now faces up to five years in prison for the Minnesota theft and up to 10 years for the Las Vegas crime.
