What's he up to?

[lavaluvn]

No: HPFGUIDX 94875

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ghinghapuss" <rredordead at a...> 
wrote:
> > Kneasy
> > So Malfoy plays both ends against the middle, cooperating with both 
> > sides to a certain extent until he can pick the winner. 
> 
> 
> Mandy here:

> Both Fudge and DD are in impossible positions at the end of book 5.  
> Both have their hands firmly tied and I really don't see how either 
> can effectively explain what happened in the Dept. on Mysteries.  
> Witnesses put LV firmly back in the WW. A group of escaped DE's broke 
> into the Ministry to steal a prophecy orb, and would have been 
> successful if DD and his Order had not shown up to save the day. 
> Sounds good, but how is DD going to explain the presence of 6 
> children, from his supposedly secure school at the Dept of 
> Mysteries, dueling to the death!?  <snip>


Well, remember, DD wasn't headmaster anymore at the time, he was on 
the run from Fudge. Umbridge would be the one nominally responsible 
for the children.  Still, your point about a good lawyer getting 
Malfoy off the hook is well taken.  But do they even have lawyers in 
the WW?  Harry certainly could have used one at times.

-cheryl