It’s been a while since we heard from Sam Brinton, the cross-dressing luggage thief who somehow briefly wound up with a regulatory job at the Department of Energy handling spent nuclear waste disposal. After roughly six months, Brinton’s adventure in federal employment came to an end after he was caught on video stealing women’s luggage (and clothes and jewelry) from two different airports. This week, he had his first appearance in court in Minnesota, where, as PJ Media reports, he abandoned his usual skirts and tiaras in favor of a conservative suit and button-down shirt. His hearing in front of the judge apparently went well enough, but the reporters who chased him out of the courthouse were less than deferential.

Brinton turned out to be carrying too much baggage: his firing came after he was caught purloining that baggage from airports in Minneapolis and Las Vegas. On Wednesday, he appeared in a Minnesota court on luggage theft charges, and it wasn’t exactly like facing Old Joe Biden’s sycophantic, far-Left press corps in Washington…

Brinton, according to the UK’s Daily Mail, “could face up to five years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine if found guilty.” As a cosseted member of the Leftist elite, Brinton is unlikely to be sentenced even to a fraction of that, but there is no doubt that his day in court was not the inspiring demonstration of how “diversity is our strength” that the Left would like all the public appearances of “non-binary” people to be.

Brinon’s attorney had repeatedly attempted to get permission from the court to allow his client to appear remotely. But the judge in the case, Gina Brandt, ruled that district policy does not allow remote appearances for “Felony 1st Appearances on the Property Drug Calendar.” So he was forced to face the music in person.

The judge had no problem accommodating Brinton’s preferred pronouns related to his dubious gender identity. She referred to him as “Mx. Brinton.” There were no reports of him stealing any luggage near the courthouse.

The rough part of Brinton’s day came when he was leaving after the hearing. Reporters outside the building peppered Brinton with questions, all of which he studiously ignored. The queries included:

• “Are you here for an interview with the Walz administration?”
• “Did you visit the Larry Craig restroom?”
• “Do you have any comments on the train disaster in Ohio? You’re an expert in these things.”
• “Why would you want some lady’s dirty clothes?”

I suppose since he didn’t plan on answering any questions, the reporters decided to toss in a bit of snark. That’s probably appropriate because the entire story is almost too bizarre to believe it’s actually happening. But it’s worth pointing out that Brinton isn’t really qualified to comment on the train wreck in Ohio because that one didn’t technically involve any nuclear waste.

One Twitter user managed to catch Brinton on camera as he was leaving the courthouse. We’ll include that footage here since I’m sure you’re all just dying to know about his fashion choices.

Non-binary former Biden admin official Sam Brinton leaving court after appearing before a judge for stealing a woman’s luggage last October.

“Why would you want some lady’s dirty clothes?” pic.twitter.com/RaU17heSHK

— Rebecca Brannon (@RebsBrannon) February 15, 2023