They know AJ ,although very popular , is a voice for a small section of the voices they wish to silence. They won't burn him just yet, they will wait until they see his tentacles are more entrenched. I personally wouldn't call AJ a traitor , more like a forced pawn. Understand that they allow him to tell the truth about a lot of things ,then they "wrap up smear him and sue him" to hide real information by associating it with him, and by association with the willing straw man , real truths are covered with dirt. Like all things, we need to digest and separate these things with our own research. My opinion is he'll get setup somehow and will have a Jimmy Swaggert moment, where he recanted all of the things he has ever said, much like he did on the Conn. school shooting, only bigger, sweeping everything he has ever said into the trash heap of history, which, in my opinion is the real purpose of controlling him.