I was around for that...and I think he did all he legally could do. I don’t recall even David Gibbs calling for JB to send in armed troopers. The battle was fought and lost in the courts, and it is a shame.
She had a legal right to life. She had the legal right to be represented in court. The laws were on her side. Those sworn to uphold the laws were not on the side of the laws.
Constitutional lawyers from around the country explained the laws to Jeb, but he chose to wash his hands of her to protect his own political interests.
I got the impression he would have done his duty and saved her life if it had been easy. It would have cost him the support of powerful people. He traded her life for his dreams of being POTUS. What a paradox. Of all his failings, his biggest investment in pursuit of higher office is the biggest fault that disqualifies him for any office.