Samuel Brinton, a former Biden administration nuclear waste official was arrested in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Wednesday night as a “fugitive from justice.”
A Montgomery County arrest record shows Brinton was arrested in Rockville.
“Montgomery County Police assisted in the arrest of Sam Brinton,” Shiera Goff, a Montgomery County Police Department spokesperson, said in a statement to Fox News. “The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police are lead on this.”
Brinton, who identifies as non-binary, had served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Nuclear Energy; a job overseeing nuclear waste policy. Brinton’s tenure with the Office of Nuclear Energy lasted from June 19 to Dec. 11, 2022….