"Ex-Biden Official Cleared of Airport Theft Accusations as 2023 Concludes"
Sam Brinton, a nonbinary former official in the Biden administration, ended 2023 without incarceration despite facing charges for multiple airport luggage thefts. Brinton, who previously led nuclear waste policy at the DOE, was involved in theft cases in Minnesota and Las Vegas, and is connected to a 2018 incident involving a Tanzanian fashion designer's missing luggage. Brinton entered an adult diversion program in Minnesota and received a suspended jail sentence in Las Vegas. Additional legal proceedings and a lawsuit are ongoing, with the next hearing scheduled for March 2024.