Who is paying for the investigator?
It’s a “secret” I guess.
So in Alaska it is an ethical violation for PRIVATE CITIZENS to donate to help Sarah out to help her defray expenses incurred from previous ethics complaints.
Remember the last scene in It’s a Wonderful Life where the townspeople take up a collection for George Bailey to help him replace the S &L money that Uncle Billy lost.
Isn’t that what a legal defense fund is really: just passing the hat around, but in a more formal manner?