It's a hatchet job in the Rev Moon's rag, and not a very good one.
The whole thing is about conservative funders' desires to buy free speech (pay for political campaigns) while remaining anonymous. That's the fundamental issue.
They can, at present, pay lots of 501(c)4 tea party groups to read from their script while remaining anonymous. OTOH, they can't fund politicians' campaigns anonymously, and politicians can't legally coordinate with 501(c)4 groups. That last part is what they're trying to change while claiming victimhood. That's what John Doe 2 is about.
Philosophically, The people either have the right to know where the money in politics comes from or they don't. Repubs say they don't & are doing their damndest to have it that way.
Which means they're persecuted for their beliefs, obviously.