The issue focused on South Carolina, but Republican presidential candidates in three other states — Pennsylvania, Maryland and Ohio — were also under investigation for political misconduct or influence peddling and congressional ethics investigations are pending in Michigan and Indiana, according to Judicial Watch, the group that has filed the lawsuit in federal court.


Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, left, appears to be taking notes as his wife Columba speaks to the media during the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington in January. (AP Photo/Carolyn