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Which is kinda surprising. With her board of directors stacked with people coming from the politics environment, you would think they can get better PR people.

Sr political people don't need complex PR strategies. They have working relationships with the top reporters.

If they're unhappy with press coverage they just phone the reporters and try to explain their position.

She may not be heeding their advice.

Typically people from politics don't understand business very well.

Typically people from politics don't understand anything very well - except begging for cash from sponsors.

Politics is upscale professional pan-handling - which goes a long way to explaining the quality of so many political decisions.

Or her lawyers don't want her making public statements that will prove harmful in future litigation...

I think she's getting legal advice, not PR advice. This is almost certainly about avoiding criminal charges, and/or jail, not about saving an exposed fraud.

And very bad quality control. And an inversion of priorities.

Agreed. The bait-and-switch wasn't at all necessary. It's not like no one would show up if she held a press conference to announce a new product.