If it wasn't also about the politics and the publicity, then she would have used a different lawyer than Hammond (who incidentally I heard on the radio had a complaint made against him to the Legal Practice Board on this matter).
Maybe you should considere that she chose HAMMOND because unless The Turdard familly she is not made of money, has no access to gov. funded facilities and accepted Mr hammond offer to represent her pro-bona!
It's pro-bono, not pro-bona.
Actually it may have been pro-bona... If you know what I mean...