She replied hotly, "But I wasn’t much of a girlfriend, was I? When I was an Auror, I never reminded my superiors that Sirius Black had never received a trial, and when I became Director of the DMLE, I never pushed for my former boyfriend to receive the trial that was his due. But since the death of Acting Chief Warlock Fudge six days ago, I’ve become Acting Chief Witch, and now I don’t need to ask someone else to schedule his trial. In this position, I’ve the authority to simply declare, "Sirius Black will be on trial today; deal with it.’ And I must wonder, former Chief Warlock Albus Dumbledore, why you had this same authority on the day that Sirius Black was arrested, and you have had this same authority continuously from 1981 till two months ago, yet you never have scheduled Sirius Black for a trial. I can only conclude that, for some unimaginable reason, you wanted Sirius Black to rot in prison, exposed to Dementors, even if he were innocent. In short, I will not recuse myself, because I seem to be the only Chief Warlock/Chief Witch who cares about Sirius Black getting a trial!"