A Nevada judge gave the former Biden administration official accused in two separate stolen-luggage cases a slap on the wrist and did not give Sam Brinton any jail time. Brinton was ordered to pay one of the victims back after pleading no contest to the theft.
Samuel Brinton, who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, was the deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste disposition at the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy during the crime spree.
Brinton was given a 180-day suspended jail sentence for stealing a woman’s suitcase from Las Vegas‘ Harry Reid International Airport in July 2022. Brinton still faces felony charges in a similar case in Minnesota.
The judge also ordered Brinton to pay $3,670.74 in restitution for the stolen luggage. Inside was expensive jewelry, clothing and makeup.
Brinton is a suspect in a third luggage stealing case.
According to The New York Post:
Houston fashion designer Asya Khamsin told The Post in February she believes Brinton may have also been involved in a third luggage-lifting case.
She claims she noticed pictures of the White House official wearing her custom-made pieces that were lost at a Washington, DC, airport in 2018, four years before the Nevada and Minnesota cases.
Khamsin, who had traveled to the capital for a fashion show, was forced to withdraw and the garments were never recovered. Brinton has not been charged in that case.
Non-binary ex Biden official Sam Brinton refuses comment from a reporter outside a Las Vegas courtroom after being given a 180 day suspended jail sentence, ordered to repay 1 of his female victims $3600 and having bail set at $15,000.
Source: 8 News Now Las Vegas pic.twitter.com/AqjaaSNfJ8
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) April 14, 2023
That’s IT?! Really?!
Former nonbinary, luggage-stealing train wreck of a Biden official Sam Brinton had his day in courthttps://t.co/LViTMkgzll
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 14, 2023
JUST IN: Nonbinary ex-Biden official Sam Brinton avoids jail time in luggage theft https://t.co/0atmRL71vq
— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) April 14, 2023
