Personally, I think he was fed bad data from wherever he got it to discredit the stop the steal movement. Others have pointed out with screenshots from his symposium that some of it has problems. Then again, there was some efficacious material in there as well. My conclusion, is that it was a limited hang out and he was semi-played.
Still, the payout is going to court, because apparently the person who "won" the challenge didn't meet the conditions.