News of Umbridge's life sentence quickly spread throughout the wizarding world via the Daily Prophet, yet it caused no stir. People were indifferent to what Umbridge had done; they were far more concerned about the most pressing problem at hand: Voldemort.
Since the third Azkaban breakout, Voldemort and the Death Eaters had remained at large, while the Ministry of Magic had failed to come up with any effective response. Everyone was in danger—who had the mind to care about Umbridge?
Perhaps the biggest reaction to the news of Umbridge's trial was that many people felt the current Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, ought to be thrown before a court as well. Veritaserum should be used on Fudge to find out whether he was really Voldemort's lackey, and whether everything he had done had merely been buying time for Voldemort.
In the eyes of most wizards, a Minister of Magic who accomplished nothing was indeed highly suspicious, especially when he had held Dumbledore back and caused them to miss the best chance to strike at Voldemort.
People weren't wrong to suspect that Fudge was Voldemort's lackey.
As the entire wizarding world clamoured for Fudge to step down, the former Minister of Magic completely panicked. He had no idea what to do, because he could be sent before a court at any moment and become the first Minister of Magic in history to stand trial.
By comparison, the Hogwarts students busy preparing for their Final Exams cared even more than the rest of the wizarding world about Umbridge's fate.
When Harry and Albert brought word of Umbridge's life sentence back to Hogwarts, the entire castle erupted. The Hogwarts students who had suffered under Umbridge celebrated as the Pink Toad finally got what she deserved.
Lee Jordan went around gathering students from the