In an appearance before the commission last year, Bharara encouraged its members to be tough and independent, to leave no one immune to its investigation, "whether in the legislative or in the executive branch".
"We will continue to do our investigation whether or not there is a commission".
"Obviously there was no investigation whether the concessionaires were violating the law," he said.
The I.C.C. should launch an investigation, whether the U.S. accepts its jurisdiction or not.
But we can't rule out without a whole lot of investigation whether the minority is doing something right.
And regardless of who is handling that investigation, whether it's us or the Swiss, I think that Qatar's role in it would hopefully be cooperative".
I mean, I did not know when I embarked on this investigation whether or not Lord Hardwicke was a drug dealer.
Now, the IPCC said, "our task is to determine what matters remain that may require investigation, whether these matters are capable of investigation given the passage of time, and the resources that would be required".
(Mr. Cisneros, who resigned in 1996, had pleaded guilty in 1999 to a misdemeanor charge related to the original focus of the investigation, whether he misled the F.B.I. about payments to a former mistress).
In the indictments last week of Mr. Lee at Samsung, prosecutors dropped the most damaging part of their investigation — whether he had a slush fund to bribe government officials — for lack of evidence.
An official in Ms. Mauskopf's office would not say what actions it has taken in the investigation, whether subpoenas have been issued or whether a grand jury has begun hearing evidence.
