The mother of a slain four-year-old boy who inspired the Justice Department’s Operation Legend crackdown on violent crime met with President Donald Trump at the White House to promote the expansion of the program.

The operation was launched by the Justice Department in July, taking its name from the death of four-year-old LeGend Taliferro, who was killed by a stray bullet while sleeping in his apartment in Kansas City.

The Senate Homeland Security Committee has secured an interview with a high-ranking State Department official who during the Obama administration raised concerns about Hunter Biden’s dealings in Ukraine.

Politico reported on Wednesday that George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs, is expected to appear before the committee as soon as Friday. The interview is part of an ongoing probe the homeland security committee has open into Biden and Burisma Holdings, the Ukrainian natural gas conglomerate upon whose board he served. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), the committee’s chairman, is investigating, in particular, whether Burisma sought to leverage its ties with Biden for beneficial treatment from the Obama-era State Department.

Whether it's blocking highways, looting businesses, destroying public property or attacking police, a remarkable feature of news reporting on these events is the low number of arrests, if any, considering there are often hundreds or thousands of participants openly violating the law and frequently making videos of themselves doing so. There appears to be no fear of arrest or prosecution. In the event a rioter is arrested, he is released on bond or no charges are filed – so the rioter is quickly back on the streets to inflict mayhem.