New York's attorney general says he is investigating Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's foundation over suspected "impropriety"�.
Eric Schneiderman said his office wanted to ensure the foundation is "complying with the laws that govern charities in New York"�.
The Trump Foundation has been hit by a number of damaging media stories. Mr Trump's team have dismissed Mr Schneiderman, a Democrat, as "a partisan hack."�
The attorney-general has endorsed Mr Trump's chief opponent, Hillary Clinton, for president.
Mr Trump's campaign spokesman Jason Miller said Mr Schneiderman had "turned a blind eye to the Clinton Foundation for years"�, and called the inquiry "another left- wing hit job designed to distract from Crooked Hillary Clinton's disastrous week"�.
Questionable donations "We have been concerned that the Trump Foundation may have engaged in some impropriety from that point of view,"� Mr Schneiderman told CNN.