Could it be that she’s just not that personally invested in the case? Court-watchers noted from the outset that Palin’s lawyers were the same team that helped win Hulk Hogan a $140 million jury verdict against Gawker and, as was later revealed, the case had been financed by billionaire Peter Thiel. Charles Harder, the superstar attorney who worked on the Hogan case and on others for Trump interests, including one against the New York Times, attended the Palin trial, and Slate’s Stevenson interviewed him, asking him if he knew who was paying the legal bills. “He said he didn’t know,” Stevenson wrote. Why was Harder attending the trial and taking notes if he wasn’t working for Palin? “I’m just here to observe and learn.” The Daily Mail has asked Palin’s attorneys who paid her legal fees but has yet to get a response. (Nota bene: Harder sued the Daily Mail at the behest of Melania Trump in 2016 when it published a since-retracted story about her. The publication later settled for unspecified damages.)

POLITICO asked a Thiel representative for comment on speculation that he’s funding the Palin suit, but no response was received.