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drink. a major shakeup. some top stars distancing themselves interest powerful manager scooter braun. the top gop presidential contenders took the stage. he is well-known in the industry for discovering justin bieber it comes as party's frontrunner and most recently for his high-profile rift with taylor swift. will be booked in fulton county, demi lovato, idina menzel cutting ties the 42-year-old has amicably georgia. what did we see at wednesday night's debate >> reporter: yeah, good morning, parted ways with those artists jessica. good morning jessica and frances. this is where former president trump is expected to turn it sent the internet into a himself in, later on today but last night, eight republican frenzy ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the source saying both are still under contract, candidates took the stage there in milwaukee to make their case adding that braun has been for taking on president biden in stepping back from manage are duties and focussing on his role 2024 early on, the contenders as ceo of a south korean attacked the biden economic entertainment company. >> he outgrew managing artists agenda, while mike pence and nikki haley sparred on the issue of the federal abortion ban. upstart candidate and

entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy ♪ ♪ >> reporter: it comes after made waves with many of his braun's rift with one of music's remarks, including forcefully biggest stars, taylor swift, who claiming that the climate change has been in the spotlight again agenda is a hoax, and that he during this summer of taylor as would stop the u.s. aid to the super star sells out ukraine if he were elected stadiums across the country. his outspoken comments led him she claimed braun acquired the to be be a frequenta freq tgge rights toher first six albums wut without her consent >> scooter never contacted me to discuss t i'm fairly certain he rivals >> that's something a u.s. president can do with focus, and knew how i would feel about it, though >> reporter: braun has denied i'll deliver it on that. the allegations. >> what i learned from that experience is that i would never >> let me explain it to you. do a deal again where everyone i'll go slower this time wasn't involved in saying, yes, >> i've had enough, i've had i agree with this deal >> reporter: now swift has been enough already tonight of a guy who sounds like chatgpt standing famously re-recording her albums, announcing the taylor's up here. >> reporter: in the first hour of debate made very hill reference to what moderator bret version of 1989 last week >> i think instead of telling baier called the elephant not in the room about it i'll sort of show you former president trump trump announced last week he would be skipping the first two >> reporter: as for braun, the rumors of the artist' exodus debates, citing his substantial

lead in the polls and is gearing swirled one week later up for his fourth arrest on he appeared to poke fun at the criminal charges later today news, writing, breaking news, midway through the debate, the i'm no longer managing myself. so nbc news has reached out. candidates but none of the representatives for the artists involved have cand candidates were asked about their potential support for trump. >> if former president trump is commented. convicted in a court of law, when we come back, angie would you still support him as tracking potential storms in the forecast stay with us your party's choice? forecast stay with us please raise your hand if you would. [cheers and applaused applause >> reporter: and just five minutes before the debate, a pre-taped interview between trump and tucker carlson was posted to x, the platform formerly known as twitter. in the interview, trump went after president biden on his age and claimed that the january 6 attack on the capitol was full of love and unity. >> brie, we want to ask you the other major headline trump's upcoming surrender to

authorities behind you tell us what we can expect from that and the latest in his co-defendants who turned themselves in. >> reporter: as of this morning, at least nine of the defendants indicted in the georgia elections case have surrendered and been booked at the fulton county jail there behind me. the latest includes former trump lawyer jenna ellis, sydney powell and rudy giuliani speaking to reporters after his release, giuliani maintained his innocence, saying these charges had be proven to be a hoax meanwhile, trump is expected to head to fulton county jail for processing at 5:00 p.m. today. earlier this week his bond was set at $200,000 and included limitations on what he can post on social media about this case. now a protest by former president trump's supporters is also expected to take place later on today outside of the fulton county courthouse and trump has promoted that on his

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