Also why on earth does he keep going out of his way to say things?
It comes down to money and his need to feel vindicated. He knows better than anyone here what's at stake and losing over 300 Patrons in 3 months is a big deal no matter how you spin it. The trend is still downward and he needs to spin a narrative that he has been defamed and those people are being prosecuted. He has a standard of life that he's not giving up without a fight and he alluded to it in his comment on Kim's video where claimed she was wrong about him filming in one weekend but rather it was 7-10 days a month. Working 7-10 days out of the month, from home, at your own leisure isn't a bad gig, especially when he's paid 10 times what the average monthly wage is in Croatia.
This is a business for him and he's doing everything he can to maintain it. He loathes exJW activism and the people he claims to be trying to help and wishes he could get enough money to buy an island somewhere like he stated on Andrew Gold's show.
This is why this "pay for play" activism has huge downfalls to it, as the activist becomes a businessman and decisions are made about to enrich themselves rather than really help people.