"I trust you've all been following the news of Ms. Ellis these last few weeks," Riddle said, a hush falling over the gathering as he looked up. There was no need to him to raise his voice, he spoke with the calm eloquence he always did, and the others eagerly turned their ears towards him, "It is this sort of thing which we've been trying to combat. We were unable to prosecute this woman for her crimes, for taking one of our finest young purebloods, simply because she was a muggle. Our government stood by and allowed this crime to be judged my the muggles, who knew nothing of the true nature of the crime. Our government is constantly putting its own peoples safety at risk for the sanctity of some ancient and outdated secrecy act."