son, is now the subject of a special counsel investigation. on friday, attorney general merrick garland elevated david weiss, who is the sitting u.s. attorney for the district of delaware to special counsel status in the ongoing probe. weiss, who was nominated by donald trump and confirmed by republican 12 control senate in 2018, has already been investigating biden for roughly five years. he s been looking into allegations that biden failed to pay adequate taxes, and that he on lawfully owned a gun, while using illegal drugs. which is a felony. back in june, biden agreed to plead guilty to two tax related charges. which would have allowed him to avoid prosecution on felony gun charges. however, the deal fell apart after trump nominated federal judge refused to accept it. saying she did not want to be a quote, rubberstamp.
a very important case involving reproductive rights, absentee ballot drop boxes. talk to us about the significance of this ideological shift on the court and the time it is happening in. for the last 15 years, wisconsin has had a supreme court that essentially was a rubberstamp for the wishes of conservative makeup donors, think winning the biggest republican donors in the country. liz and dick he lied, bankrolling to stop the steal. whatever they want when our state supreme court. you read the rulings like when they banned dropbox s in wisconsin. it looked like it was ripped out of the daily collar then the court. now, that will change because of this voter uprising, especially because of the attacks on democracy, even more than that, because up the abortion ban. the republicans have insisted on living in a place before [inaudible] state of wisconsin. this voter uprising that to 11 point landslide this april. now, this last week, our state
rubberstamp for the wishes of conservative makeup donors, think winning the biggest republican donors in the country. liz and dick he lied, bankrolling to stop the steal. whatever they want when our state supreme court. you read the rulings like when they banned dropbox s in wisconsin. it looked like it was ripped out of the daily collar then the court. now, that will change because of this voter uprising, especially because of the attacks on democracy, even more than that, because up the abortion ban. the republicans have insisted on living in a place before [inaudible] state of wisconsin. this voter uprising that to 11 point landslide this april. now, this last week, our state supreme court justice janet was sworn in and there s already a lawsuit before the state