"legal advisor and public information officer"

That's how Jennifer V Brown is billed in her Journal OpEd this morning, link.

How does one do that exactly? Conventional "legal" wisdom is, never say anything, to anyone, ever. The obligations of a Public Information Officer to the public include being candid, forthright and honest with them.

A legal adviser will advise saying as little as the law requires.
A real public information officer advises saying as much as the law allows.

Fundamentally different advice.

How does one do both?

One doesn't.