All she did, which is being lost sight of here, I’m afraid, is submit the alleged Kenyan BC to the court for authentication. She has defended it’s authenticity to the media, it appears, but I didn’t read anything in her filing to suggest that she thought it was the real deal.
As an extreme example, I would assume she would have faced sanctions if she had filed one of those “crayon” birth certificates posted faceticiously in the internet with the court.
Yes, what she has is a long way from that. And she is doing enough brave work without second-guessing from an ignorant layman like me.
But I'm just saying what I would have done. Again, there's no indication she didn't do this herself.