A Historical Precedent for Trump
Captain Alfred Dreyfus served as an artillery officer in the French army at a time when France and Germany were at daggers drawn. A French officer delivered war plans to the Germans. Dreyfus was charged with treason. He was an outsider. He was a Jew. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison on Devil’s Island off the coast of South America in the year 1894. He was innocent.