"Government would have shown their hand and we would have all moved on as losers"
how true in normal circumstances, using facts to support your belief is what honest people do. they choose to hide it, and they take the judge as a fool, not good for them.
"However the more they fight, the more obvious it becomes that something is up."
fighting for what you believe in, or what is right, can be a good thing, but we both know they are fighting for themselves, and a bad thing they did.