Will the Mueller report be made public?

Indict or shut up: The public may never see a report from Mueller's investigation [Click here to view this message in your web-browser](. Edition: US 18 February 2019 [The Conversation]( Academic rigor, journalistic flair Editor's note Can’t wait to read the Mueller investigation report and find out what really happened? Law professor Stanley Brand of Penn State says the expectation that the public will see a report is based on a misunderstanding of the law. [Prepare for disappointment](, he writes, unless something exceptional happens. Wealthy Cuban exiles in the U.S. may soon get some good news from President Trump. The president is considering giving those exiles permission to sue in U.S. federal court anyone using or profiting from property exiles lost in the 1959 revolution. If Trump makes that move, writes Latin America scholar William LeoGrande of American University, it will [frustrate Cuban economic development efforts and clog U.S. courts](. Today is Presidents Day. To mark this celebration of our nation’s leaders, Michael Blake, a professor of philosophy, public policy and governance at the University of Washington asks whether it is [better to have a moral leader, or one who is willing to break some rules]( for the common good. And Stacy Cordery, a historian at Iowa State, [looks at presidential work ethics](. You may know that President Trump has been criticized for taking too much nebulous “executive time,” but can you guess which president was labeled the “locomotive president” and which was known for taking regular naps? Naomi Schalit Senior Editor, Politics + Society Top stories Will the public ever see a report from Special Counsel Robert Mueller? Shutterstock [Indict or shut up: The public may never see a report from Mueller’s investigation]( Stanley M. Brand, Pennsylvania State University Will the public ever see a report from Robert Mueller's investigation of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia? Maybe not. There are big legal hurdles to making it public. If Cuban exiles can sue businesses operating in Cuba, it could affect flights to the country, like this JetBlue landing in Havana. AP/Desmond Boylan [Trump may seek more punishment of Cuba]( William M. LeoGrande, American University School of Public Affairs Cuban exiles in the US may soon be able to sue companies that use property seized from them in the Cuban revolution. If Trump moves to allow that, it could slow economic development in Cuba. President Donald Trump, former President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton, during the funeral for former President George H.W. Bush. AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool [Must the president be a moral leader?]( Michael Blake, University of Washington Presidents Day celebrates the American president – not only as a political leader, but as a moral leader. But can a president be a person of strong moral character, as well as a strong leader? 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