STEALING THE SPOTLIGHT: The nonbinary nuclear official has sticky fingers, accusers allege.
"Sam Brinton is on leave from DOE, and Dr. Kim Petry is performing the duties of deputy assistant secretary of spent fuel and waste disposition," a DOE spokesperson previously told Fox News Digital.
The DOE, though, has refused to explain why Brinton is on leave or say whether Brinton remains on the agency's taxpayer-funded payroll.expressed concern following the incident , arguing that Americans deserved more information about whether Brinton continues to receive government paychecks and if the DOE has revoked Brinton's security clearance.
"The reported details of Sam Brinton’s thievery are bizarre and disturbing," Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., the chairman of the Republican Study Committee, told Fox News Digital in a statement after sending a letter Dec. 2 to DOE Secretary Jennifer Granholm demanding more information."Americans deserve transparency about who and what their taxpayer dollars are funding."
Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, the chairman of the Senate Republican Conference and ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, also wrote to Granholm, urging her to fire Brinton immediately.In June, Brinton made headlines after being appointed to the position that oversees nuclear waste policy at the DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy as a nonbinary gender-fluid person.
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