Fudge (was Karkaroff / Hufflepuffs)

[Morag Traynor]

No: HPFGUIDX 17493

Dave Hardenbrook wrote:
>
>I think Fudge is probably just a typical politician, afraid to rock the
>boat.  I even think he may know in his heart that Dumbledore is
>right and V is back.  But political career comes first -- Let's keep
>our priorities straight!

It may be a red herring of course, but I think there are reasons to suspect 
Fudge of deeper involvement with the DE's.  He goes out of his way to 
blacken Sirius in the Three Broomsticks and reveals that he was first on the 
scene after the explosion caused (we now know) by Pettigrew.  Did he fix the 
Muggles' memories?  Does he know something?  He certainly seems anxious to 
prevent certain people from talking.  First Sirius, then Crouch jr.  In the 
first case, you could explain his actions by assuming he believed S to be 
guilty, but in the second, Crouch was a valuable witness, and Fudge's prompt 
action rendered him useless.  He doesn't come across as a bumbling 
bureaucrat there, IMO.  At the very least, I bet Crouch jr knew something 
about exactly how Fudge got his job - the one Crouch snr was tipped for, 
before his son's DE history came out.
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