Fudge: Evil or what???

[Amey Chinchorkar]

No: HPFGUIDX 107051

-	The ever-paranoid Lynette:
-	YES!!! Fudge is Evil!!!
-	Cornnelius Fudge is my best candidate for He-Who-Said-(words to the
-	effect)"Stand back you silly girl"-That-Night-at-Godric's-Hollow. I
-	think he wanted to make a name for himself in the wizarding world by
-	making peace with Voldemort; to do so, he handed them the Potters. I
-	think Wormtail 'ratted' to Fudge, not Voldemort, and Fudge is
-	actually the one who revealed the Potter's location. I don't think he
-	thought Voldemort would kill the family, maybe Voldemort told him he
-	just wanted to talk to the Potters and Fudge wanted so badly to look
-	like a peacemaker to the wizarding world that he bought into it. He
-	was probably horrified at what happened, but then had to take Sirius
-	out to maintain the public's perception of events. Maybe he was after
-	Peter too, and that's partially why Peter disappeared. He had to have
-	Sirius sent to Azkaban without a trial and he was so anxious to have
-	the Kiss administered at Hogwarts to keep the truth from being told.
-	Perhaps he thinks Sirius told Harry too much and that's why he wasn't
-	fussy if the Dementors Kissed him as well.

Amey:
Agreed Fudge doesn’t come as an innocent person, but I don’t think he was the person who gave information about Potters to LV. 
For one thing, Fudge was a junior member of Ministry then, he wasn’t the Minister. It was Crouch Sr. who sent Sirius to Azkaban without trial. ("Oh I know Crouch all right," he said quietly.  "He was the one who gave the order for me to be sent to Azkaban - without a trial."-GoF) . But I agree there might be something in the fact that *I was one of the first on the scene after Black murdered all those people*, as one of the first can easily mean the first, or even before that. Whether he knew anything about Sirius and Peter’s exchange or not is an open question.
But 

"Oh yes, they'll have to go," said Fudge, running his fingers
distractedly through his hair. "Never dreamed they'd attempt to
administer the Kiss on an innocent boy...”

means he was genuinely concerned about this part (or is he just acting???). 

As we know there will be a different minister of magic in HBP, I think the reason for Fudge's resignation (if there is any) or for his going out is going to be important. I don't see him resigning because he failed to see LV had come back. That is almost as probable as Snape saying sorry to Neville.

Amey, who has to run home now from office so will try to complete it tomorrow



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