collateral evidence

By restricting ourselves to this subset of information supported by collateral evidence, we can make out some basic themes.

Their ability to wreak political havoc with the latest Horowitz report is part of what has now become a clear pattern: Call for an investigation of a favorite Trump target; speculate about the likely outcome; seize on any collateral evidence that emerges; spin the results; then move quickly to the next investigation.

He will have no say in the agonised discussions to follow, except as collateral evidence.

“Mr. Sharikas appeared motivated to convey that psychiatric symptoms did not influence his behavior, despite strong collateral evidence to the contrary,” Daniel Murrie, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, wrote in the evaluation.

Some of the facts they mention have been verified in remarkable ways by what may be called collateral evidence.