Sometimes these lawsuits are defensive moves - this one may have already served its purpose, i.e., got her to back off on something else.
Kind of like if your neighbor threatens to sue you about your overhanging tree limb, you just threaten to sue them about their shed being too close to the property line. They realize you aren’t a sucker and drop it.
But these politician types are rich lawyers, or they have rich lawyer buddies, so they actually file the lawsuits instead of just bluffing.
I realize that and you said it better than I ever could. Thank you!
I call it ‘damage control’. Put it out there and lie, lie, lie. Gone into the abyss!