It's not that they failed to shine a light on the truth. Revealing the truth was never their goal. Obscuring the truth was their goal. Pulling the wool over the jurors' eyes was their goal. Your goal was justice. Their goal was to interfere with your goal.
Being deceived on such a grand scale sure leaves you drained, doesn't it? But you sifted through the deception, and got to the facts that mattered. Good job.
You are correct