She knows this is in trouble and way over her head, which is why she is using tax dollars to hire outside counsel to help her get out of this mess.
She is paying huge amounts of taxpayer money to outside lawyers because her entire operation could possibly go to jail if the table gets turned. Private lawyers are not covered by the corruption laws her office is currently breaking.
Also, I can almost guarantee you a wad of that cash is being funneled back to her.