- A top Republican lawmaker is demanding the Energy Department initiate an internal security clearance investigation on the heels of the agency firing Sam Brinton, the nonbinary former nuclear waste official who was fired amid charges of grand larceny and felony theft.
- “Felons should not be entrusted with security clearances,” Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), the top Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and chairman of the Senate GOP Conference.
- “A thorough investigation of the vetting process is overdue. The Department must also respond to legitimate oversight inquiries. It’s critical to protecting our national security,” he added.
