The news of Umbridge being sentenced to life imprisonment had spread rapidly through the wizarding world via the Daily Prophet, yet it failed to cause the slightest ripple. People remained indifferent to Umbridge's past actions, far more preoccupied with the most pressing crisis at hand: Voldemort.
Ever since the third Azkaban mass breakout, Voldemort and the Death Eaters remained at large, while the Ministry of Magic had consistently failed to produce any effective countermeasures. With everyone living in danger, who had the time to care about Umbridge?
Perhaps the biggest reaction generated by the news of Umbridge's trial was that many people felt the current Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, should also be dragged into a courtroom. They believed Veritaserum should be used on Fudge to find out whether he was truly a minion of Voldemort, and whether everything he had done was actually meant to buy time for Voldemort.
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