The students of Hogwarts started the summer break a few days ago, unfortunately there was one student for whom this was not the start of a break. Rather it was the start of understanding just how those of us in the Wizarding world have failed one we hail as a hero. That's right dear readers, the Wizarding world has failed one of its most beloved figures. Lord Harry James Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived was in court this week.
The scandal begins with the Potter wills, according to the wills Lord Potter was not to be placed with his muggle relatives at all. Lord Potter was found by his aunt, Petunia Dursley, on her doorstep the morning of November 2, 1981 and she has had custody since that time. Albus Dumbledore was charged with four counts of misuse of powers. The counts he was found guilty of were illegal sealing of proper wills, improper placement of a magical child, temporary sealing of a magical child's power, and giving authority to to a legal firm with no authority to do so. The revered Headmaster faces a three year suspension and possible dismissal from his position of Chief Warlock and a fifty thousand galleon fine. He was also was found guilty of two misdemeanor counts of vandalism of property, one count of interfering with magical post, and three counts of abuse of muggles. Details found on page 2.
In 1980 Dumbledore appointed old time friend Elphias Doge and the law firm of Marchbanks, Doge, Diggle and Trent to look after the interests of the Potter family despite having no clear authority to do so. By this point the previous Lord Potter was exceptionally busy with the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and they were living in hiding due to the threat of You-Know-Who. Then came the fateful attack. Despite instructions to look after young Harry Potter's interests it seems that all the law firm did was look after its own interests. Not counting their failure to see to it that the last wishes of the Potters were fulfilled, the firm also failed to see to getting proper permissions filed with the goblins so the Potter family wealth could be seen to and earn the interest it would have otherwise gotten. Furthermore some evidence has come forward that they exploited the wizarding world's interest in the magical child. They also failed to see that Lord Potter's aunt got the just stipend she was entitled to, to see that he had everything he needed growing up. Mrs. Dursley said in court, "Imagine my surprise when I bring Harry to get his school things and find out there were thousands of pounds set aside for looking after him. We had to scrimp and save just so he had a few nice things and most of what he had growing up was second-hand. He did odd jobs around the neighborhood for pocket money and he helped clean the school where he studies karate to help pay for his classes."A goblin spokesman reported that the figure for the lost interest alone was in the tens of thousands of galleons. Details page 4.
The most shocking failure of all concerns all of us in the wizarding world. The Potter home in Godric's Hollow has been a memorial site for the magical world since the end of the last war. Sadly this memorial came to us all at a disgusting price. The Wizengamot took it from the Boy-Who-Lived and never reimbursed the Potter estate for its confiscation of the property. That's right readers, the Wizengamot confiscated a property of an orphan who had done nothing wrong. It confiscated the property of the boy who saved us from You-Know-Who.
Elder Tiberius Ogden and the Dowager Countess of Longbottom, who are now part of a magical board of trustees to look after Lord Potter's interests, both expressed deep dismay at the lack of concern that the actions taken by the Wizengamot of that time demonstrate. Despite both of them being seat holders in the Wizengamot, neither took part in the decision to rob Lord Potter of his property. Elder Ogden was ill with complications from wizarding flu, and Lady Longbottom was dealing with the aftermath of the attack on her son's family. But these two respected members of the community aren't sitting back and doing nothing. For details of what they're doing and an statement from the Boy-Who-Lived see page 3.
Albus Dumbledore Suspended for Misuse Of Powers
by Rita Skeeter
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