Houston police refer investigation of ex-Biden pole-smoking staffer Sam Brinton's alleged airport luggage theft to FBI

The Houston Police Department has referred its investigation of a former 
Biden administration official charged in two separate luggage thefts to 
the FBI, Fox News Digital has learned. 

The case centers around Houston-based Tanzanian fashion designer Asya 
Khamsin, who alleged earlier this month that clothing worn by former 
Department of Energy (DOE) official Sam Brinton had been contained in her 
luggage that she reported missing on March 9, 2018, at Ronald Reagan 
Washington National Airport.  

Khamsin, who designs her own clothing line, said she recently saw a report 
that Brinton had been charged with stealing pieces of luggage at two 
separate airports and noticed that he appeared to be wearing her clothes 
in several photos. Khamsin said she had packed the same clothes in a bag 
that vanished back in 2018. 

After the apparent theft of her bag, Khamsin and her husband filed a 
report with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police 
Department. The couple also filed a claim with Delta Air Lines, which she 
had used to travel from Houston to Washington, D.C. The case was never 
solved. 

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After seeing her clothing that resembled the ones in her lost bag in the 
recent media reports about Brinton, Khamsin filed a complaint with the 
Houston Police Department in December. 

Houston police told Fox News Digital on Monday that personnel from the 
department’s Criminal Investigation Division has met with FBI personnel at 
the airport regarding the luggage theft case. 

As of publishing time, Brinton has not been charged with any crime related 
to Khamsin’s claims. 

Minnesota prosecutors charged Brinton in October with stealing a suitcase 
worth $2,325 from a Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport baggage 
carousel in September. Brinton faces up to five years in prison for the 
alleged crime and was released without bail following a court hearing last 
week. 

Then in December, Nevada prosecutors charged Brinton with grand larceny of 
an item valued between $1,200 and $5,000. Brinton was accused of stealing 
a suitcase worth around $3,670 on July 6 at Harry Reid International 
Airport in Las Vegas. Brinton was released after a judge set bail in the 
case at $15,000 and ordered Brinton to "stay out of trouble." 

Fox News Digital has reached out to Brinton’s lawyer for comment. 

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