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A self-proclaimed “non-binary” Energy Department official has learned their fate following a pair of felony arrests.
“Sam Brinton is no longer a DOE employee. By law, the Department of Energy cannot comment further on personnel matters,” said a spokesperson for the agency.
Brinton, an MIT graduate, had worked as a top nuclear waste specialist for President Biden’s Energy Department. The firing comes after he was arrested and charged with felonies in a string of luggage thefts.
According to reports, who served as the deputy assistant secretary for Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition at the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, was picked up a second time and saddled with a felony charge of stealing luggage at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.
“The charge is for grand larceny with a value between $1,200 and $5,000, records showed,” according to KLAS. Brinton was accused of stealing a woman’s luggage at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport last month, The New York Post reported.
“Brinton, who made history as one of the federal government’s first gender-fluid officials, allegedly stole luggage from another traveler at Harry Reid International Airport in Vegas on an unknown date, according to the outlet,” The Post added.
Earlier, Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) and 15 other GOP lawmakers sent a letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm demanding that Brinton resign.
We write to respectfully demand the resignation of the Department of Energy’s Deputy Assistant Secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition, Sam Brinton, who was recently put on leave following felony theft charges,” the letter said.
“Despite not checking a bag before flying out of Washington, D.C., surveillance footage reveals Brinton taking and leaving with luggage from the baggage carousel at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport on September 16th.1 After initially lying to the police, Brinton later admitted to taking a suitcase valued at $2,325 and hiding the owner’s belongings in a hotel room.2 Alarmingly, Brinton has been observed using the stolen suitcase on multiple trips to Washington, D.C.3 , and was ultimately charged with felony theft, which carries a penalty of up to five years imprisonment, a $10,000 fine, or both,” it said.
“As you are aware, your Department issued notice that Sam Brinton was placed on leave without providing crucial context clarifying that Brinton’s recent employment status was the result of a felony charge. As an appointed official, Sam Brinton represents both your Department and the United States. It is simply not possible for an individual to represent American values and simultaneously violate the felony laws of the land,” the letter continued.
Earlier this year, reports noted that Brinton, a drag queen and proponent of a sexual activity known as “pup play,” announced his hiring on his Linkedin page.
“I have accepted the offer to serve as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy for the Department of Energy. In this role I’ll be doing what I always dreamed of doing, leading the effort to solve the nation’s nuclear waste challenges.” Brinton said, noting that he would “even be (to my knowledge) the first gender-fluid person in federal government leadership.”
PJ Media reported:
Brinton is also involved in “puppy play,” which apparently involves grown men putting on dog masks and behaving like animals for sexual kicks. In a 2016 article in Metro Weekly, a man named Sam, with no last name given is interviewed at length; an accompanying photo makes it clear that Sam is Sam Brinton. Brinton is identified in the article as a “handler” of the men pretending to be puppies, and explains:
“It’s the concept of the teacher and nurturer…. My job is to make sure that while he’s in the headspace, I’m keeping him safe.” He says of one of his companions in this bizarre role-playing: “Pup and I have what I feel is one of the most ideally perfect connections between our personal and kink life. Both of us have other partners, so we come into this space, and then we come out of it, knowing the boundaries of where your kink and non-kink relationships begin and end.”
Yeah, good to know.
