Views of Hermione.

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 160654

 "pippin_999" <foxmoth at ...> wrote:

> The beans got spilled by Willie
> Widdershins, six months before. 

No. The meeting he could testify about was not illegal at the time.
The meetings Marietta could testify about if Hermione hadn't stopped
her were illegal at the time.  

> It was Hermione's own parchment that provided 
> the proof. Umbridge didn't really need
> confirmation from Marietta after that. 

That document said nothing about Harry being the leader, and it
provided no proof that an illegal meeting had ever even occurred. 

> She could still have expelled Harry she
> just didn't want to 

I believe JKR would be very surprised if she learned about this.

Eggplant