She's weighing her options. She has not decided whether she is stepping down.
She hasn't felt like talking, but she feels the need to explain. She's upset because there's a lot of bogus information being circulated.
The charges against her are bogus. She's fighting them vigorously. Truth and justice will prevail.
The main reason businesses should care now is because they need to account for the liability and in order to account for a liability in a year's time you need to start accounting for it now.