>>16437188 pb

– moar on Utah County Utah County Attorney, David Leavitt, outing himself and his wife, Chelom, in report on ritualistic child sex ring:

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The "debunked case" as Leavitt falsely called it was dismissed by his predecessor in a way where it could be re-filed:

“…Leavitt said … “’[prosecutor on the file] told me they dismissed it because the evidence was so outlandish,’ Leavitt said.

“But Leavitt’s statements about the dismissal don’t quite line up with what attorneys said in court.

“’The allegations are some of theworst allegations of sexual abusethat I’ve come across in the many years that I’ve been prosecuting these types of cases’ [prosecutor] Sturgill said during a hearing in May 2013.

“… the defense attorney … also discussed the seriousness of the case and the need for a thorough investigation. …

“During a hearing in March 2014, Sturgill moved to dismiss the charges,with a plan to possibly refile the case in the future.

“Neither attorney shared concerns during the hearing that the allegations were outlandish or unbelievable. Instead, they pointed to the several-years delay in reporting by the alleged victim, and difficulty in obtaining records.”

https://ksltv.com/495764/courtroom-audio-sheds-light-on-case-at-the-heart-of-utah-county-controversy/

• AND -

“Victims and law enforcement sources say one of the targets of the investigation wasa therapist who was previously chargedwith a series ofsex crimes against young female family members. TheUtah County Attorney's Office dropped charges without prejudice, and the man wasnot convicted.

“Records obtained by FOX 13 News indicatethe man previously confessed to sexually assaulting at least one of the girls on an undercover phone recording.

The department said it opened the investigation in April 2021 after discovering other victims had previously reported similar incidents that took place in Utah County,Juab County, and Sanpete County from1990 to 2010.***

https://twitter.com/AdamHerbets/status/1531787577614663680

https://www.fox13now.com/news/crime/investigation-confirms-ritualistic-child-sexual-abuse-sex-trafficking-allegations-in-utah

***Leavitt was elected as Utah County attorney in 2018. LEAVITT previously served asJuab Countyattorney from1995 to 2003.

https://ballotpedia.org/David_Leavitt

AND:

Provo man arrested on multiple rape charges

By Paige Fieldsted - Daily Herald - | Dec 22, 2012

PROVO — A Provo man was arrested earlier this week on several rape chargesstemming from incidents in the 1990s.David Hamblinis being charged with12 counts of rape of a child, three counts of sodomy of a child, one count of attempted sodomy of a child, all first-degree felonies, and two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a second-degree felony.

The charges are based on events that reportedly happenedbetween 1991 and 1998. In Utah there is no statute of limitations for child sex crimes, meaning they can be prosecuted regardless of how much time has passed…

The accuser … is still afraid for her life because Hamblin threatened to kill her and several of her family members if she ever told anyone about the abuse. …The accuser said the abuse took place from the time she was 5 years old until she was 13.

In an eight-page affidavit the accuser describes in graphic detail multiple incidents when she was raped by Hamblin, as well as the ways he allegedly threatened to kill her. All of the alleged crimes took place in Provo. …

https://www.heraldextra.com/news/2012/dec/22/provo-man-arrested-on-multiple-rape-charges/

• And years earlier -

Peyote Charge Against Provo Man is Dismissed

By | Posted - July 9, 2004 at 7:39 a.m.

PROVO, Utah (AP) – Adrug charge against a Provo man [David Hamblin] accused of distributing peyote to non-Indians has been dismissedin the wake of a Utah Supreme Court ruling that use of peyote in religious ceremonies cannot be limited to Indians.

…

https://www.ksl.com/article/83789/peyote-charge-against-provo-man-is-dismissed

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David Hamblin’s peyote defense lawyer also unsuccessfully defended a woman convicted of killing her adopted 4 year old daughter through “forced water intoxication, which caused her brain to swell and the sodium in her body to drop to fatal levels.”

"Maybe she's too honest for her own good," her lawyer, Michael Esplin, said after the verdict.

… Ragan described thefinal moments of the little girl's life as torture. "She was struggling for breath. Her arms were tied behind her. She was gritting her teeth as her parents tried to force more water downher," she said.

https://www.deseret.com/2005/10/13/19916889/split-verdict-surprises-and-stuns-the-killpacks

– moar on Utah County Utah County Attorney, David Leavitt, outing himself and his wife, Chelom, in report on ritualistic child sex ring:

Developments surrounding Utah County Attorney racego from strange to bizarre

by Brian Mullahy, KUTV

Friday, June 3, 2022

"An elected sheriff and his people are collaborating with a convicted sex offender, a person I'm prosecuting for rape," said County Attorney David Leavitt on Friday. "They're working together to discredit me."

Leavitt's latest comments in a 2News interview followed his statements made Wednesday that Utah County Sheriff Mike Smith "recycled a report" in an investigation into old,"laughable" and debunked claims that Leavitt and his wife were linked to a "murder" and "cannibalism" case.

Leavitt called Smith a "QAnon cop,"and the county attorney said he's being targeted because he's been a "check" on police power, and has pushed taking cases to trial instead of reaching plea deals.

Even more strange is the alleged role of Arthur Knight, whom Leavitt said is also known as Nicholas Rossi.

Utah County prosecutors charged Rossi in 2020 with a rape that occurred 14 years ago in Orem. The probable cause statement said a rape test kit showed DNA swabs matched Rossi.

On Friday,Arthur Knight — who said he lives in Scotland — held a Zoom news conference with Utah media.

Knight claimed he is not Rossi, has never been to the United States, let alone Utah, and is fighting extradition here on the rape charge — but seemed to have keen interest in the Utah County Attorney's race.

"Mr. Leavitt has continued to victimize me," said Rossi, who spoke through an oxygen mask, which his wife said he needs after a bout of COVID-19. He accused Leavitt of "building a wall of bricks made of lies."

Knight has been a prolific user of Twitter, with numerous posts critical of Leavitt and a website that also delved into the county attorney.

2News reached out to Utah County Sheriff's Office on Leavitt's allegation that it's in league with Rossi/Knight.

"We are not collaborating with, nor does Nicholas Rossi/Arthur Knight have anything to do with this investigation," it responded. Earlier this week, the sheriff's office revealed the investigation is looking into ritualistic sex abuse.

As if the circumstances could not be more unusual, ‘’’Leavitt said an attorney he forced to resign from the Utah County Attorney's Office for taking Jazz tickets from a defense lawyer now "represents Nicholas Rossi’’’ as his defense attorney."

Jeff Gray, who is running against Leavitt in the GOP primary on June 28, said Knight contacted him several weeks ago to help in his campaign.

"I couldn't understand a word he was saying," Gray said, adding he thinks Sheriff Smith is "an outstanding guy" who "didn't divulge any details that involved David Leavitt."

https://kutv.com/news/politics/developments-surrounding-utah-county-attorney-race-go-from-strange-to-bizarre

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June 2022

And finally, one of the two pro-victim and pro-justice candidates, Adam Pomeroy, dropped out the 3-way Republican race for Utah County Attorney, paving the way for the other, Jeff Gray, to defeat Leavitt:

“Jeff and I are splitting the pro-victim and pro-justice vote; there is no viable way to win a three-man race,” wrote Pomeroy. “The only way to get Mr. Leavitt out is for one of us to clear the lane for the other.”

“Pomeroy has been a critic of Leavitt, and pointed to yesterday’s press conference held by Leavitt as a primary reason why he’s dropping out.

“For a county attorney to hold a press conference and comment on a pending criminal case in a way that, according to the sheriff, may have compromised an investigation, is unacceptable, but part of a pattern of unacceptable behavior by Mr. Leavitt,” Pomeroy wrote.

https://kutv.com/news/local/candidate-for-utah-county-attorney-

drops-out-amid-showdown-over-ritual-abuse-claims

>>16437631

Utah County Attorney who outed himself as a child sex abuse suspect in an internal law enforcement reportowns property in the Ukraine

From January 2022 -

Utah County Attorney David Leavitt makes quick exit out of Ukraine, but is now stuck in Amsterdam with COVID-19

By Jessica Miller | Jan. 26, 2022, 4:05 p.m. | Updated: 5:17 p.m.

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David Leavitt, who taught law in Ukraine for more than a decade, went to Kyiv to collect documents from his apartment as news of a possible Russian invasion loomed.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah County District Attorney

David Leavitt speaks during a news conference at Salt Lake County District Attorney's building on Monday, March 1, 2021. Leavitt tested positive for COVID-19 in Amsterdam on Jan. 26, ashe was returning from a trip to the Ukraine he took to collect personal items amid fear that the Russian government could invade the country.

When Utah County Attorney David Leavitt decided to go to Ukraine earlier this week to collect documents from his Kyiv apartment, he’d planned for several contingencies in case the city was invaded by the Russian military.

He had extra cash in case the internet went down and the ATMs didn’t work. He’d also rented a car, deciding it safest to not rely on public transportation in case the trains stopped running.

But something unexpected happened that halted what was supposed to be aquick trip to Ukraine to gather a few personal items: Leavitt is stuck in Amsterdam after he tested positive for COVID-19.

It’s the second time Leavitt has been ill with the coronavirus.

Leavitt, who taught in Ukraine with the American Bar Association for more than a decade,has owned an apartment in Kyiv for several years. With news of a threat of a Russian invasion, Leavitt said in an interview on Wednesday that he’d booked the hasty trip to Ukraine to get paperworkproving ownership of his apartment and to collect some personal effects.

“We flew from Salt Lake to Amsterdam and Amsterdam to Kiev,” he said Wednesday, “and spent 24 hours there andgot things taken care of then visited with some close friends of ours.”

The capital city felt different than previous visits, Leavitt said of landing in Kyiv. He added that Ukrainian friends seemed nervous.

“It felt like there was a tension,” he said. “A feeling of foreboding. It’s right at the front of everyone’s minds. It’s a sad feeling.”

“There has been so much troop movement recently,” he said. “[Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s tanks have a far easier time going over frozen ground than muddy ground. That’s not something we think of as Americans.”

Thecounty attorneysaid hedecided to go to Ukraineafter seeing news that the American Embassy was evacuating families and personnel and that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had moved its missionaries out of the country. He expedited a previously planned trip because he felt he had a window of time where he couldgo with his sons to collect what they needed from the Kyiv apartment.

The U.S. Embassy issued an alert on Wednesday urging Americans to leave Ukraine as soon as possible, saying “the security situation in Ukraine continues to be unpredictable due to the increased threat of Russian military action.” It further noted the situation could “deteriorate with little notice.”

Leavitt first left Utah on Sunday, flew back out of Ukraine on Tuesday and received a positive COVID-19 test result early Wednesday while in Amsterdam en route back to Salt Lake City.

He’s now quarantining in a hotel room near the airport in Amsterdam, but says he’s not sure how long he will be required to stay there.

“Thankfully they have a bathrobe,” he said Wednesday. “BecauseI literally went with the clothes on my back. And so now my clothes are drip-drying from my hotel room sink.”

During his years teaching in Ukraine, Leavitt said he instructed law students about the principles of American jury trials. The county attorney said it was the Ukrainian law students’ confusion over how plea deals could work in the United States that made him realize the shortcomings of the criminal justice system. He is now outspoken about wanting reform.

“So much of what I do in the United States, as the Utah County Attorney, is directly tied to years in the Ukraine,” he said. “I’m sad about it, because I not only love the Ukranian people, I have worked hard to help the legal system.”

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/01/26/utah-county-attorney/

Leavitt and his wife sayin a documentary thatthey were in Ukrainewhen theORANGE REVOLUTION “erupted” in the Ukraine– and ==“in that moment,” the Leavitt Institute for International Development was born.

https://www.zeusnewsnow.com/twod1/

>>16437631

– moar on Utah County Utah County Attorney, David Leavitt..

On the Board of Leavitt "Institute for International Development":

American Natalie Jaresko (who served in Bush’s Sr.’s State Department) and who was Ukraine’s Finance Minister under President Petro Poroshenko

- “born and raised in the Chicago suburbs…”

- “the 49-year-old former banker, whoonly got her Ukrainian citizenship the day she was appointed ministerin December but has lived in the country for over two decades…”

- “She then ran the Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF), whichinvests USAID fundsinto small and medium-sized businesses in Ukraine and Moldova. … She and her then-husband laterfounded Horizon Capital, an investment firm that now manages WNISEF. Jaresko says she no longer has any ownership or control at Horizon Capital.”

- "I've always been a Ukrainian. I'm a Ukrainian citizen now, that's a difference, but I have worked and lived in this country - this is my home - for 23 years," she said. … I don't think it makes a difference that I waspreviouslyanAmerican citizen."

- [Her Wikipedia page (cited below) states that she isstill an American citizenthough that conflicts with Ukrainian law.]

- “Ukrainian law obliges Jaresko to renounce her American passport within two years, although she declined to say whether she had yet done so.”

https://www.businessinsider.com/natalie-jaresko-ukraines-new-finance-minister-was-born-and-raised-in-chicago-2015-3

- “Between 2005 and 2010 Jaresko was a member of President ViktorYushchenko's Foreign Investors Advisory Counciland the advisory board of theUkrainian Center for Promotion of Foreign Investmentunder the auspices of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine”

- Jaresko held several economics-related positions at the US Department of State in Washington, D.C., and eventually coordinated activities of the State Department, … As part of her work she interacted with the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Later from 1992 to 1995, she was the first Chief of the Economic Section of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, responsible for strengthening economic cooperation between the two countries. She has been a governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. …

- In May 2016, Jaresko became chair of the board of trustees of the Aspen Institute unit in Kyiv, a U.S. headquartered educational and policy studies NGO.

-In 20 March 2017, Jaresko became the executive director of the Financial Oversight Board of Puerto Rico, as part of the PROMESA bill.[Jaresko announced her resignation from the PROMESA board effective April 1, 2022, per Wikipedia.]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/head-puerto-ricos-financial-board-resigns-effective-april-1-rcna14758]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Jaresko

More at:

https://www.aspeninstitute.org/our-people/natalie-jaresko/ and

https://nonprofitlight.com/ut/orem/leavitt-

institute-for-international-development

Also:

"The$625,000 annual salary isn’t the only thing that has raised eyebrowsconcerning the recently appointed executive director of the Financial Oversight & Management Board, Natalie Jaresko, who was born in Chicago to Ukrainian parents….

[She got the position after mentioning in] a January interview with political analyst David Axelrod (The Axe File) [that] she was looking for a job" …

https://caribbeanbusiness.com/five-things-to-know-about-natalie-jaresko/

https://caribbeanbusiness.com/five-things-to-know-about-natalie-jaresko/