I guess it has to do with whether she wants to be influential (done, and last week showed how much), or she wants to be President of the United States. If she runs, they will make the Alaskan ethics complaints look like child’s play. If her position in Alaska was truly not winnable, then I suppose she had no choice but to do what they wanted her to do. It remains to be seen whether she gets the last laugh.
The law regarding lawsuits against the President is rather favorable. Not so with Alaska.