A TOP adviser to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) supplied millions of dollars to a Donald Trump fundraiser in order to push anti-Qatar legislation through the US Congress, a new investigation has revealed.

Elliott Broidy received $2.5 million (£1.75m) from UAE adviser George Nader, now a witness to a probe into foreign meddling in US politics, shortly before sponsoring a conference on Qatar’s ties to Islamist extremism and distributing just under $600,000 to senior Republicans in Congress and on party committees.

During the conference Californian congressman Ed Royce said he was introducing legislation that would brand Qatar a terrorist-supporting state and apply sanctions. The Bill is currently awaiting review by the House financial services committee.