A non-binary drag queen who had been working in a high-profile job in President Joe Biden‘s Department of Energy has admitted to stealing a suitcase from a baggage carousel and using the bag for their personal travel over the course of a month.
Sam Brinton, whose full title was as the DOE’s Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition, says that they ‘accidentally’ took the suitcase with contents worth over $2,300 from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on September 16 around 4:45 pm.
It was later confirmed that the suspect was not traveling with a checked bag when they arrived in Minnesota.
The stolen bag was a Very Bradley 26-inch navy blue hard-sided roller bag.
Brinton has been charged with felony theft and is on leave from their job in the Department of Energy. In charging documents, a police officers said that she gave Brinton specific instructions on how to return the bag, something they have failed to do.
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