She might have a case against Vilsack. He fired her before the story even broke, and he said he was firing her for fear of what Glenn Beck would do with the story.
If she wants to sue, there’s her target. Breitbart didn’t do anything to her, Vilsack did.
Now, Vilsack said that he fired her in part because he was trying to move forward having dealt with thousands of discrimination lawsuits. He didn’t mention directly that one of the biggest ones was Sherrod’s lawsuit that cost his department $13 million dollars. It seems strange that she would be working for a department that she also successfully sued for $13 million.
I’m not sure how much of the thirteen million was her share. She and her husband were awarded $300k, and also I believe a piece of the 13 million, but I’m not sure how many ways the money was divided out. Still, seems like a conflict of interest on her part, and also seems like Vilsack may have had other reasons for wanting her gone.
Maybe he actually had to spend time around her.