To me, it’s more like… if this happened while Voldemort was hanging around, why would anyone, even the Death Eaters, have to take Lucius’ word for anything? Sure, he can’t take Veritaserum cause he’s an Occlumens, but even if the Dark Mark can’t compel truthfulness there’s still the issue of uber-magic forensic techniques.
And it’s important to note that it’s not “a ceasefire gets signed”, but rather ‘Lucius barely squeaks out of a life sentence through copious bribery’. It seems like one way or another Lucius had to wait quite some time after war’s end to level these wild charges at Dumbledore, as doing so from the defendant’s stand would seem a rather pathetic attempt at misdirection. In other words, I highly doubt that “a Ministry-run truth and reconciliation commission” was involved at any stage of the process.
To me, it’s more like… if this happened while Voldemort was hanging around, why would anyone, even the Death Eaters, have to take Lucius’ word for anything? Sure, he can’t take Veritaserum cause he’s an Occlumens, but even if the Dark Mark can’t compel truthfulness there’s still the issue of uber-magic forensic techniques.
And it’s important to note that it’s not “a ceasefire gets signed”, but rather ‘Lucius barely squeaks out of a life sentence through copious bribery’. It seems like one way or another Lucius had to wait quite some time after war’s end to level these wild charges at Dumbledore, as doing so from the defendant’s stand would seem a rather pathetic attempt at misdirection. In other words, I highly doubt that “a Ministry-run truth and reconciliation commission” was involved at any stage of the process.