Actually, according to an Alaska Attorney General’s opinion in 2009, “Executive branch agencies have authority to pay or reimburse the legal expenses public officers incur in defending against ethics complaints, if four conditions are met: (1) the public officers are exonerated of violations of the Ethics Act or other wrongdoing; (2) the officers acted within the course and scope of their offices or employment; (3) the expenses incurred are reasonable; and (4) appropriate sources of funds are available to the agencies to pay the expenses.”
It may not be much since the office-holder will probably have to front her own legal expenses before getting them reimbursed, but as you can see, an innocent officer can have her expenses paid for by the state.
That opinion was rendered after she resigned and appears to be a blueprint for a way forward, not a means to redress prior abuses.