"Ex-Biden Official Cleared of 2023 Airport Theft Accusations"
Sam Brinton, a nonbinary former official in the Biden administration, ended 2023 without incarceration despite facing charges for multiple airport baggage thefts. Brinton, who previously led nuclear waste policy at the DOE, was involved in thefts in Minnesota and Las Vegas, and is connected to a 2018 incident involving a Tanzanian fashion designer's missing clothes. Legal proceedings are ongoing, with Brinton having entered an adult diversion program in Minnesota and receiving a suspended jail sentence in Las Vegas. The DOE has not provided details on Brinton's departure from the agency.