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‘Well, Yaxley?’ Voldemort called down the table, the firelight glinting strangely in his red eyes. It took the Death Eaters a good time to get the right man under their influence (Thicknesse under Imperius Charm). The "coup" was a planned operation, meant to last, unlike the hit-and-run operation to kill Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, chapter 3, "Will and won't" Scrimgeour didn't apparently know that his Ministry had been infiltrated. "People are terrified-you know the Patil twins' parents want them to go home? And Eloise Midgen has already been withdrawn. "They probably want to look as though they're doing something," said Hermione, frowning. "I dunno what they're playing at, taking Stan seriously."
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"Stan Shunpike, a Death Eater?" said Harry, remembering the spotty youth he had first met three years before. Shunpike, 21, was taken into custody late last night after a raid on his Clapham home.'" "'Stanley Shunpike, conductor on the popular Wizarding conveyance the Knight Bus, has been arrested on suspicion of Death Eater activity. Admittedly, that went through bogus arrests such as Stan's (see below), but in any case, they were trying to do something - unlike Fudge, who was actively saying that everything was fine and that all that thing about "Voldemort's rebirth" were the ramblings of a teenager. Scrimgeour was (pretending) to fight Death Eaters as Minister.Īfter the Ministry admitted that Voldemort was back, they tried to make it look like they had the problem in hand. He's probably been catching Death Eaters for a while, he is not going to turn back and leave now that he has even more power to do so. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, chapter 4, "Horace Slughorn"īeing an Auror requires a spine. Rufus is a man of action and, having fought Dark wizards for most of his working life, does not underestimate Lord Voldemort." A more decisive and forceful personality than Cornelius." "An interesting question," said Dumbledore. "He has been replaced, as I am sure you also saw, by Rufus Scrimgeour, who used to be Head of the Auror office." "Correct," said Dumbledore, now turning up a steep side street. "Sir, I saw in the Daily Prophet that Fudge has been sacked." Prior to becoming Minister of Magic, Scrimgeour used to be an Auror, and apparently not just an average one, as he was Head of the Auror Office: Scrimgeour's stances are sometimes debatable, but he's not a wimp.