There is an IAmA going on right now with an author and historian seemingly claiming that Jefferson Davis was connected to John Wilkes Booth's assassination of Lincoln. Is there any real evidence this might be true?

by Eternally65

Here is a link to the IAmA

I have to say I am extremely skeptical about this, but I'm not a professional historian by any means. I know you can't prove a negative, but is it at all credible?

Prufrock451

It's impossible to prove a negative. For example, Aaron Burr had dinner with Jefferson shortly before he launched his filibustering expedition. Does that mean Jefferson engineered the whole Burr treason plot? Probably not, but no one can ever prove that beyond a shadow of a doubt.