Trump trial: Alana Evans' account could corroborate Stormy Daniels' testimony.
SlateRead our ongoing coverage of Donald Trump’s first criminal trial here. As Trump undergoes a criminal trial for a hush money payment to Daniels weeks before the 2016 election, Evans could be a corroborating witness to Daniels’ testimony. Despite not joining Daniels, Evans texted her friend the following day to check in on her, and Daniels shared “a number of sordid details.” Trump gave Evans a bad feeling Given Trump’s power and wealth, Evans said she felt that he posed a risk to women like her, and that feeling drove her to stay back that night in Lake Tahoe. In 2018, when Trump was president and news of Daniels’ hush money payment was taking over U.S. headlines, Evans said she realized Daniels was being forced into silence by an NDA. She has high hopes for Daniels Evans went on CNN last month and said her friend has been “incredibly honest since Day 1, as soon as she was allowed to be, once they dealt with the NDA issues.” She also expressed relief that the hush money trial would allow the world to finally see the truth.