Disgraced former Biden official Sam Brinton avoids jail in 2023 despite numerous theft charges

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Disgraced former Biden nuclear waste official Sam Brinton, who was issued multiple charges related to the theft of luggage from airports across the US, has avoided jail time in 2023.

In two criminal cases against him, Brinton avoided jail time. A third criminal case and related lawsuit remain ongoing, according to the New York Post.

Brinton was charged in October of 2022 with stealing luggage from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport’s luggage carousel after flying in from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, DC on September 16 of the same year. The luggage and its contents was valued at $2,325.

In April of 2023, Brinton agreed during a remote Hennepin County, Minnesota hearing to enter into an adult diversion program, the terms of which require Brinton to have a mental health evaluation, write a letter of apology to the victim, complete three days of community service, and return to the victim any stolen property.

Brinton was also charged with grand larceny of an item valued between $1,200 and $5,000 in December 2022 after he stole a suitcase of items estimated to be worth $3,670 on July 6, 2022 at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.

The luggage contained clothing worth $850, makeup valued at $500, and jewelry worth $1,700. Brinton had been on an official taxpayer-funded trip to the Nevada National Security Site in Las Vegas at the time, in his duty as head of nuclear waste policy at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy.

In the Las Vegas case, Brinton was ordered to pay $3,671 to the victim as well as $500 in additional fees, which included a criminal fine.

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