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Jeremy Burton On How Partners Can Take Advantage Of A Combined Dell, EMC
Ahead of Dell EMC World 2017, Jeremy Burton dug into the blockbuster acquisition and how it primes partners to take advantage of the new combined company.
Dell EMC's David Goulden On What It Means To Be The Biggest Player In Storage
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FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., the chairman of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), is demanding answers from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) about its handling of a top nuclear official charged with theft.
Banks penned a letter Friday to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, listing a series of questions about the employment status of Samuel Brinton, who has served as the DOE's deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste disposition since June. Brinton, who identifies as non-binary, was charged in late October with theft after allegedly stealing a $2,325 suitcase at the Minneapolis St. Paul Airport.
"The reported details of Sam Brinton’s thievery are bizarre and disturbing," Banks told Fox News Digital in a statement. "Americans deserve transparency about who and what their taxpayer dollars are funding."
The RSC chairman then listed a series of questions that he requested Granholm respond to by Dec. 7.
Brinton's official government portrait. (U.S. Department of Energy)
Banks asked when the DOE was made aware of the incident, whether Brinton is still being paid by the agency and how much taxpayer money Brinton has received since the alleged theft.
"Not only was Brinton caught on surveillance camera stealing the woman’s luggage, but he also reportedly lied to law enforcement on multiple occasions when questioned about the incident," Banks wrote to Granholm. "Given his appointment to a senior post at the Department of Energy, this is very alarming."
NON-BINARY BIDEN NUCLEAR OFFICIAL CHARGED WITH STEALING WOMAN'S LUGGAGE AT AIRPORT
Earlier this week, when asked whether Brinton remains on the DOE payroll, the agency reiterated to Fox News Digital that Brinton was placed on leave after the incident. But the agency has refused to say whether it is still paying Brinton despite the theft charges and whether Brinton was placed on leave specifically as a result of the incident.
"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 told Fox News Digital in a statement.
The charges, which were first reported Monday, stem from an incident on Sept. 16 in which Brinton was seen on security camera footage taking a Vera Bradley baggage that belonged to another traveler after arriving in Minnesota from Washington, D.C. Law enforcement said the footage showed Brinton taking the bag and then removing its ID tag before hurrying away.
Sam Brinton, a current Biden administration official, speaks in 2018. (The Trevor Project/YouTube/Screenshot)
Brinton was then seen traveling to Washington, D.C., on two separate occasions later in September and in early October, using the same bag. In an Oct. 9 phone call with a police officer investigating the alleged theft, Brinton admitted to taking the bag but blamed it on being tired following the Sept. 16 flight.
Brinton was ultimately charged with felony theft of a movable property without consent, a crime that in Minnesota may result in a five-year prison sentence, a $10,000 fine or both. Brinton's next court hearing in the case is scheduled for Dec. 19.
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Meanwhile, in addition to Banks, Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming — the chairman of the Senate Republican Conference and ranking member of Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee — also wrote to Granholm earlier this week, demanding that the DOE immediately terminate Brinton's employment.
"It is in the interest of both the Department’s mission and our national security that the Deputy Assistant Secretary’s clearance be immediately revoked," Barrasso wrote in the letter on Tuesday. "Additionally, the Department should undertake all necessary steps to terminate their employment immediately."
The DOE and Brinton's lawyer did not respond to a request for comment.
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Some Harris County voters went to cast their ballot on Election Day but left their polling location frustrated and puzzled.
“At 3:30 pm., they told us they ran out of paper, out of ballot paper,” said Sharon Gahunia, who tried to vote at the Mandarin Immersion Magnet School in the Galleria area.
“First time I ever ran into a problem like that trying to vote,” added voter John Knoerzer, who was turned away at Shadow Forest Elementary School in Kingwood.
The Harris County Republican Party said it received reports of paper ballot shortages from 21 election judges across the area. Four of them told KHOU 11 Investigates that they repeatedly called the Harris County election judge’s support line, giving ample notice that paper ballots at their polling locations were running low and to send more supplies.
“Time went by and nobody showed up, and so I called again,” said Charlotte Lampe, a presiding judge at Hamilton Middle School in the Cypress Fairbanks area.
She said her next call for help did not go well either.
“I'm going to run out of ballots, when is the ETA?” Lampe asked. “She hung up on me!”
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Presiding judge Rori Ortiz was working at the Atascocita Middle School voting center. By 3 p.m, she said they were down to 50 pages. After unsuccessful attempts to get more from election headquarters, she sent a clerk to another polling site to essentially beg for more.
“I felt like I was disenfranchising voters,” Ortiz said. “We were frustrated and upset.”
In Northwest Harris County at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, presiding judge Cody McCubbin shared a similar experience.
“I was like, ‘hey guys, I'm down to my last ream of paper,” McCubbin said. “I didn’t get anybody to come by for hours after I called.”
Like Ortiz, McCubbin sent an election worker to another polling location but was only able to get one extra ream of paper. That didn’t last long and he was forced to shut down and turn voters away. He said his voting center was out of operation for about two hours.
“To have to look the people I know in my neighborhood and look them in the eyes and say ‘sorry guys I’m out of ballots,’ do you know how much that pains me? McCubbin said.
Election judge Terry Wheeler had to do the same in nearby Cypress at Salyards Middle School. He said there were 150 people in line when paper ballots ran out at about 2 p.m. and extra ballots didn’t arrive for another two hours.
“I’ve never heard anything so basic as running out of ballots,” Wheeler said. “That’s complete incompetence. They knew our area was extremely busy, and by the way, it’s a heavy Republican area,” he said.
Harris County Elections Administrator Clifford Tatum said his office started receiving paper ballot shortage calls as early as 7:30 a.m. on Election Day. He did not have an immediate explanation and said elections officials tried to allocate ballots based on historical turnout at voting sites.
“Did we misallocate? That’s what I have to assess,” Tatum said.
“Based on what I ascertain, I will make some recommendations to our staff, to our operations, to the courts, to the elections commission about the resources and the systems that we may need top to bottom,” he said.
For Charlotte Lampe, her volunteer election experience spans over four decades.
“It’s a real dedication for me to have free and fair elections,” she said. “This was the worst experience I have had in 40 years.”
Watch Tatum's full response to the paper ballot issues in the video player below:
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FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., the chairman of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), is demanding answers from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) about its handling of a top nuclear official charged with theft.
Banks penned a letter Friday to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, listing a series of questions about the employment status of Samuel Brinton, who has served as the DOE's deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste disposition since June. Brinton, who identifies as non-binary, was charged in late October with theft after allegedly stealing a $2,325 suitcase at the Minneapolis St. Paul Airport.
"The reported details of Sam Brinton’s thievery are bizarre and disturbing," Banks told Fox News Digital in a statement. "Americans deserve transparency about who and what their taxpayer dollars are funding."
The RSC chairman then listed a series of questions that he requested Granholm respond to by Dec. 7.
Banks asked when the DOE was made aware of the incident, whether Brinton is still being paid by the agency and how much taxpayer money Brinton has received since the alleged theft.
"Not only was Brinton caught on surveillance camera stealing the woman’s luggage, but he also reportedly lied to law enforcement on multiple occasions when questioned about the incident," Banks wrote to Granholm. "Given his appointment to a senior post at the Department of Energy, this is very alarming."
NON-BINARY BIDEN NUCLEAR OFFICIAL CHARGED WITH STEALING WOMAN'S LUGGAGE AT AIRPORT
Earlier this week, when asked whether Brinton remains on the DOE payroll, the agency reiterated to Fox News Digital that Brinton was placed on leave after the incident. But the agency has refused to say whether it is still paying Brinton despite the theft charges and whether Brinton was placed on leave specifically as a result of the incident.
"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 told Fox News Digital in a statement.
The charges, which were first reported Monday, stem from an incident on Sept. 16 in which Brinton was seen on security camera footage taking a Vera Bradley baggage that belonged to another traveler after arriving in Minnesota from Washington, D.C. Law enforcement said the footage showed Brinton taking the bag and then removing its ID tag before hurrying away.
Brinton was then seen traveling to Washington, D.C., on two separate occasions later in September and in early October, using the same bag. In an Oct. 9 phone call with a police officer investigating the alleged theft, Brinton admitted to taking the bag but blamed it on being tired following the Sept. 16 flight.
Brinton was ultimately charged with felony theft of a movable property without consent, a crime that in Minnesota may result in a five-year prison sentence, a $10,000 fine or both. Brinton's next court hearing in the case is scheduled for Dec. 19.
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Meanwhile, in addition to Banks, Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming — the chairman of the Senate Republican Conference and ranking member of Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee — also wrote to Granholm earlier this week, demanding that the DOE immediately terminate Brinton's employment.
"It is in the interest of both the Department’s mission and our national security that the Deputy Assistant Secretary’s clearance be immediately revoked," Barrasso wrote in the letter on Tuesday. "Additionally, the Department should undertake all necessary steps to terminate their employment immediately."
The DOE and Brinton's lawyer did not respond to a request for comment.
