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In article <stmdrq$11060$12@news.freedyn.de>
<governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

...Queers cannot be trusted.

A non-binary Biden administration nuclear official accused of
stealing a woman’s suitcase from the Minneapolis airport
allegedly emptied out the clothes and used the bag for a month —
despite insisting it was picked up by accident.

Sam Brinton — one of the federal government’s first gender non-
binary officials — allegedly snatched the $2,325 Vera Bradley
suitcase from baggage claim at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport back
on Sept. 16, court documents say.

When Brinton, who uses they/them pronouns, was confronted by
police nearly a month later, they initially denied stealing the
bag — insisting their clothes were inside the suitcase at the
time.

But Brinton, the deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and
waste disposition at the Department of Energy’s Office of
Nuclear Energy, quickly backtracked and claimed they had taken
the piece of luggage by mistake.

Brinton told police they first realized the bag wasn’t theirs
when they opened it at the hotel, according to the court filing.

They got nervous that someone would think they stole it, so they
emptied out the suitcase and dumped the woman’s clothes in the
drawers of the hotel room, the court documents say.

Brinton allegedly put the ordeal down to exhaustion.

When police were first alerted to the stolen bag, they reviewed
surveillance footage that showed Brinton allegedly grabbing the
luggage from the carousel and removing the ID tag identifying
the owner.

Brinton was later captured on surveillance using the same
suitcase on at least two trips to Washington, DC, on Sept. 18
and Oct. 9, according to authorities.

Police first made contact with Brinton on Oct. 9 about the
alleged stolen suitcase.

“If I had taken the wrong bag, I am happy to return it, but I
don’t have any clothes for another individual,” Brinton
initially told the cop. “That was my clothes when I opened the
bag.”

Brinton called the officer back two hours and confessed to not
being “completely honest.”

The Biden official was charged with felony theft of a moveable
property without consent.

They were placed on leave in the wake of the allegations and
another official was named as their interim replacement earlier
this month, according to the Exchange Monitor, which tracks
government officials’ moves.

If convicted, Brinton could face up to five years in prison
and/or a $10,000 fine.

https://nypost.com/2022/11/29/biden-official-sam-brinton-used- allegedly-stolen-suitcase-for-a-month/

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