Yup, they lied, boldly and without any compunction about it at all. I am really disgusted with the scientific community over this, they have lost so much credibility I don’t know if I can trust them again, and I am a scientist too. The group think, and political thuggery was just something I thought I would never see among those supposedly dedicated to truth.
Why would scientists be immune to money, power, popularity, and fame? Like you, I am disappointed but I understand how it happened.
Climate scientists had rarely felt any love until they were coopted into this farce. It gave them access to a world they had never known and it was profitable to follow the crowd. The only people that lost anything were the skeptics.