Sam Brinton, the former Energy Department official who was fired for stealing designer luggage at a Las Vegas airport, was on a taxpayer-funded trip during the bag grab, according to internal Biden administration documents.
The paperwork obtained by government watchdog group Functional Government Initiative showed that taxpayers footed a $1,950 bill for Brinton’s trip to the DOE-operated Nevada National Security Site near Las Vegas in early July 2022.
“It’s outrageous that tax dollars transported Brinton to and from the scene of a crime, putting the American public unwittingly at the wheel of the getaway car,” Functional Government Initiative spokesperson Peter McGinnis told Fox News, which first reported the group’s findings. Documents obtained by the watchdog group showed that Brinton’s trip to the DOE site was for an unspecified meeting and site visit. At the time, Sam Brinton was a deputy assistant secretary of the Energy Department’s Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition.
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