https://universe.byu.edu/2019/02/15/byu-professor-first-to-study-sexuality-and-mindfulness-leads-family-and-students-1/

BYU professor first to study sexuality and mindfulness

David and Chelom Leavitt hold the flags of the countries that are receiving instruction from the Leavitt Institute

Chelom Leavitt knew she wanted to attend law school and make a fulfilling career for herself as a 10-year-old; however, she had no idea her path would lead her to teach families in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and BYU students about sexual education.

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>David and Chelom Leavitt

https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/2022/mar/05/utah-county-attorney-reflects-on-time-in-ukraine-amid-strife/

Utah County Attorney reflects on time in Ukraine amid strife

While Utah County Attorney David Leavitt is having domestic disputes with former and current prosecutors in his office, the ongoing international war between Ukraine and Russia is on his mind.

Leavitt and his wife Chelom Leavitt, also an attorney, have spent a good portion of their legal careers in Ukraine.

After working 14 years in law here in the U.S., Leavitt said he was burned out of the criminal system, that he had “lost the flame.”

He had always wanted to have an overseas living experience, so the couple volunteered with the American Bar Association to work with the Ukrainian Supreme Court.

Ukraine declared independence in 1991, but never truly was able to break away from Russia. In 2003, Viktor Yushchenko won the Ukrainian presidency against Viktor Yanukovych in a runoff election. The runoff was held because the Ukrainian Supreme Court determined there was widespread election fraud by Yanukovych. Yushchenko won 52% to 44%.

Soon after, Yushchenko was poisoned with dioxin — a contaminant in Agent Orange. The poison disfigured him, but he has since made a full recovery.

According to Leavitt, Yushchenko went into the major square in Kyiv and vowed he would not leave that spot until the influence of Communism was gone.

Two million Ukrainians joined him in Kyiv and thousands more around the whole county rose up together.It was called the Orange Revolution and Leavitt’s office looked over the square.

“The Orange Revolution changed the Ukrainian Society,” Leavitt said. But he realized that it was the younger generations that needed to be taught about democracy and law if anything were to really change.

Leavitt was told to leave the country to avoid the Orange Revolution and what came next. Just like that, Leavitt took his family of then-six children and boarded a train for Prague in the Czech Republic.

“We were like refugees fleeing to avoid violence from the Orange Revolution,” Leavitt said.

They had a choice, they could come back to the U.S. or go back to Ukraine and work with the students fighting for freedom.

They chose to return to Ukraine.

The couple left their volunteer positions and started the Leavitt Institute for International Development and began teaching the values of jury trials, as they work in a democratic system, as well as other principles.

“We recruited judges and lawyers from the U.S. and Canada to come help,” Leavitt said. “Jury trials were very foreign to them.”

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The Ukrainians also struggled with the concept of plea bargains.

“I taught in 36 universities in Ukraine and Moldova,” Leavitt said. “I learned that to change a country you must teach the rising generation.”

Over more than a decade, the Leavitt Institute taught 3,500 students with 300 American and Canadian lawyers and judges donating over 30,000 hours of time.

“There is no question these kids got it,” Leavitt said. “They accepted and loved the most fundamental concepts of a free government.”

His students, in turn, were teaching grade-school children the principles of fundamental democracy and the importance of jury trials. He added that it is not just about talking about freedoms, it’s about sacrifice for them.

Over their time in Ukraine the Chelom and David became close friends with Yushchenko and his wife, Kateryna. They even visited the Leavitt family in Utah County.

“Ukraine is our second home,” Leavitt said.

While the Russians continue to bomb cities throughout Ukraine, Leavitt said he knows the solidarity of Ukraine and its people. He only wishes that countries who are coming out in support of their sovereignty would have been more observant and stood with them years ago.

“If only we would have awakened 10 years ago, this wouldn’t be happening,” Leavitt said of the current situation.

Leavitt said it was deeply rewarding to see all the progress and growth toward democracy in Ukraine up close.

“It is also disheartening to see it destroyed in one week,” Leavitt added. “I have friends in Poland, on the front lines and in bomb shelters.”

Leavitt is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and noted that the members are faithful people taking care of each other.

“They realize they could be facing their mortal extinction,” Leavitt said.

He added that they are just like most Ukrainians, they stand with each other and help each other — they are united.

Back in the states, Leavitt has concerns that his teachings aren’t quite as valid anymore, particularly around the lack of jury trials.

In fact, Leavitt noted that 47 of the 50 states did away with jury trials during COVID and he is not sure how many will bring them back.

While the Ukrainians are on the ground floor of a new nation conceived in liberty and freedom, Leavitt believes U.S. citizens are throwing their fundamental freedoms away.

Leavitt said it was the Ukrainians, their faith and enthusiasm in democracy, law and freedom that pushed him to come back to the United States and see what he could do to help a criminal justice system that almost always leads to plea bargains, rather than judgment from a jury of peers.

Leavitt noted that is why people don’t like him, including those associates who were recently vocal against him. Six current and former prosecutors in the Utah County Attorney’s Office sent a declaration of no confidence in Leavitt to KUTV. He feels he was elected to make a change, and some people aren’t open to those changes.

For now, Leavitt holds hope for his friends in Eastern Europe, but knows that this war could be the start of more to come.

https://kutv.com/news/2news-investigates/prosecutors-pen-no-confidence-declaration-against-county-attorney-david-leavitt

Declaration of No Confidence in Utah County Attorney David Leavitt

An Open Letter to Residents of Utah County,

We, the undersigned, are former criminal prosecutors in your County Attorney’s Office. Collectively we served you for a total of 111 years. And though we come from different backgrounds, and hold to differing political philosophies, we’re united in two distinct ways: First, we all prematurely left your County Attorney’s Office as a result of the prosecution policies and procedures David Leavitt established since his election in 2018; and, Second, we are united in presenting this public declaration of no confidence in David Leavitt’s capability and competence to perform his constitutional and statutory duties as the lead criminal prosecutor in Utah County. We declare that Mr. Leavitt has vacated his responsibilities to provide you safety and protection in your person and property by failing to enforce criminal laws against offenders and by prioritizing the protection of criminals from the lawful consequences of their misconduct. His destructive actions as the county’s lead prosecutor include, but are not limited to:

The disbanding of the office’s Special Victim Unit (which was staffed by experienced attorneys specifically trained to prosecute adult and child sexual offenses), leaving the prosecution of many of these cases to less-experienced attorneys who lack trial experience in these types of serious offenses;

The implementation of screening policies and procedures which have resulted in a backlog of well over 1000 criminal cases waiting to be screened for charges, thus rendering victims of criminal offenses disillusioned, vulnerable, and without a sense of justice for many months, or perhaps even for a full year, and leaving potentially dangerous individuals out on your streets without any accountability; and,

The abuse of his discretion by willfully ignoring statutory sentencing enhancements, and diminishing the importance of criminal histories in charging decisions, so those who have prior felony convic-tions, those on felony probation, and those on parole from the state prison, can be referred to the Utah County Justice Court for misdemeanor prosecution. (Court statistics show that in 2021, Mr. Leavitt’s office filed 45% fewer cases in the District Court, while increasing the number of cases filed in the Utah County Justice Court by 79%, from the average number of cases filed in each in years 2017-19.)

David Leavitt’s policies have also resulted in the alienation of your law enforcement officers in the county. Due to mistrust in him, your County Attorney’s Office was removed as the primary investigating agency from the county’s officer-involved critical incident protocol. And lastly, according to Utah County budgets, David Leavitt has increased the office’s budget by nearly $5.5 million per year and 15 full-time attorneys, yet he revels in the fact that the office is currently prosecuting about one-half (50%) of the annual number of criminal cases in the district court that it did in 2018 (as verified by Utah Court statistics).

Based upon the foregoing we, speaking as your former prosecutors and not as representatives of any current employers, do not have any confidence that David Leavitt will effectively fulfill his duties as lead criminal prosecutor in Utah County, and we unitedly encourage all residents not to vote to re-elect David Leavitt for a second term in 2022.

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Utah County Law Enforcement’s Declaration of No Confidence in Utah County Attorney David Leavitt

Utah County Law Enforcement has no confidence in Utah County Attorney David Leavitt’s ability and fitness to perform his duties as the county’s lead prosecuting attorney. This public declaration is a result of their collective experience with the prosecution policies and procedures implemented by David Leavitt during his first term in office. Unitedly, it is declared David Leavitt fails to provide for the safety and protection of Utah County residents through the proper enforcement of enacted laws and prosecution of criminal offenders. During his tenure in office:

1. David Leavitt’s policies and practices as the Utah County Attorney have resulted in approximately 50% fewer criminal cases being prosecuted than were prosecuted in 2018, even though the crime rate in Utah County has remained consistent since 2017 (refer to Utah State’s Crime in Utah court statistics.) David Leavitt is more concerned with a suspect’s wellbeing and rights, than those of the public and victims of crime.

2. David Leavitt eliminated the Special Victims Prosecuting unit, despite promising not to do so. Inexperienced attorney are screening and prosecuting cases involving sex trafficking, rape, sexual assault and other violent crimes against children and adults. Numerous victims who have been perpetrated upon, have felt “re-victimized” after contacts with David Leavitt’s office. There is a lack of understanding, empathy, training of prosecutors, and desire to seek justice for the victims and accountability for the offenders.

3. Per David Leavitt’s screening and prosecuting policies, child pornography offenses are prosecuted as computer crimes and not as heinous crimes perpetrated against children.

4. David Leavitt declared that crimes against victims of violence will not be prosecuted unless “actual physical harm has occurred to the victim.” This allows abusers to repeatedly terrorize their victims without accountability, even though protective order are in effect.

5. Victims in Utah County receive little or no justice because David Leavitt’s screening policies dictate that although a suspect has been arrested and charged with multiple offenses against a victim (including children), his office will not file all the charges, even if it is contrary to the wishes of the victim and law enforcement.

6. David Leavitt declared his office will not prosecute death penalty cases, no matter how heinous, tortuous or violent the murder may have been inflicted upon the victim, and has personally re-victimized victim’s families while seeking to advance his personal anti-death penalty agenda.

7. Mr. Leavitt’s lack of aggressive and proactive prosecution of drug offenses have resulted in increased drug distribution and drug cartel activity in Utah County.

8. David Leavitt does not protect police officers who have been assaulted in the line of duty. He routinely reduces or dismisses criminal charges against offenders who have assaulted police officers.

As a result of David Leavitt’s actions and policies, your Utah County law enforcement community has no confidence in David Leavitt’s ability to fulfill the role of Utah County Attorney. WE request and encourage all residents to NOT re-elect David Leavitt in 2022, nor sign any petition in support of his re-election campaign.

Utah County Lodge 31 – Fraternal Order of Police

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>she had no idea her path would lead her to teach families in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

“This therapist was my elder’s quorum president in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” Leavitt said at the time. “He was my neighbor. I had a family connection. When his wife learned of whatever he was doing, she divorced him, and I testified at that divorce hearing. I’m well aware of who the therapist is, and I’m well aware of many of the players here. I had a friendship with he and his wife to the extent that I went into court and testified on behalf of his wife to protect his children from him.

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>When do we find out that the US Military all but owns that balloon through a contract with EcoHealth Alliance, and that Fauci commissioned it on Bill Gates' behalf?

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>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/canada-chinese-spy-balloon-spotted-b2274974.html

Canada monitoring potential second incident of suspected ‘spy balloon’

‘A high-altitude surveillance balloon was detected and its movements are being actively tracked’

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2023/02/statement-on-high-altitude-surveillance-balloon.html

Statement on High Altitude Surveillance Balloon

February 2, 2023 – Ottawa, Ontario – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces

A high-altitude surveillance balloon was detected and its movements are being actively tracked by NORAD.

Canadians are safe and Canada is taking steps to ensure the security of its airspace, including the monitoring of a potential second incident.

NORAD, the Canadian Armed Forces, the Department of National Defence, and other partners have been assessing the situation and working in close coordination.

Canada’s intelligence agencies are working with American partners and continue to take all necessary measures to safeguard Canada’s sensitive information from foreign intelligence threats.

We remain in frequent contact with our American allies as the situation develops.

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>That balloon is an act of war!

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>The Man Who Tried to Stop the Space Shuttle Challenger’s Launch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqZNMvIEHhs&t=110s

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After initially hesitating to say that the object was Chinese, Beijing in a late-night statement admitted ownership, saying it was an airship that veered off course due to the winds.

“The airship is from China. It is a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes,” said the statement attributed to a foreign ministry spokesperson.

“The Chinese side regrets the unintended entry of the airship into US airspace due to force majeure,” it said, using the legal term for an act outside of human control.

“The Chinese side will continue communicating with the US side and properly handle this unexpected situation.”

The statement comes hours before Blinken was expected to leave for Beijing on the first trip by the top US diplomat to the rising adversary in more than five years.

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