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Donald Trump’s presidential campaign faces a fundraising scandal over allegations supporters were prepared to take donations from foreign backers.

US laws prohibit such donations, but reporters posing as agents for a Chinese supporter claim the Republican campaign was prepared to accept $2million in return for giving them “influence”, the Daily Telegraph reported.

It’s claimed the donation was discussed in a series of emails.

The claims concern the Great American PAC, who provide television advertisements for Mr Trump.

It comes after Eric Beach, the PAC’s co-chairman, said that their client’s support would be “remembered” if Mr Trump got into the White House.

The allegations come after Mr Trump slammed Mrs Clinton for relying on such organisations.

In Colorado last week he took to the podium and attack his opponent saying: “Her international donors control her every move.”

The investigation claims that similar offers of foreign donations were not responded to by pro-Clinton groups.

Lawrence Noble from the Campaign Legal Centre said: “If there is evidence that representatives of a super PAC were soliciting or knowingly accepting foreign national money and helping arrange for it to get into the super PAC through a 501(c)(4) organisation, then it should be investigated by the FEC and by the Department of Justice as a criminal violation.”

Great American Founder Eric Backer said the organisation had been “appropriate, ethical and legal at all times.”