The phrase "corroborating the statement" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that there is evidence or supporting information that confirms or strengthens a previous statement. Example: The witness provided a detailed account of the events, corroborating the statement made by the plaintiff.
It was also observed that members have benefitted from funds to engage in income generating activities corroborating the statements of the counsellors in the treatment centres.
This information was so amazing and albeit two people definitely corroborated the statement, I still question it & hence am writing to you asking that you kindly advise me with reference to the correctness of the above, which will be greatly appreciated and help clear my puzzled mind.
The population-based study conducted by Holmström et al. in Sweden, published in 1993, corroborates the statement concerning the importance of GA for the onset of ROP [ 27].
DOENITZ: It is very clear that this diagram showing the losses of U-boats corroborates the statements which I have just made.
Securing documents that corroborate the statements of cooperators such as Flynn is often key when the case comes down to dueling accounts, legal experts said.
A report by the Michigan attorney general's office, however, detailed an array of evidence that it says "corroborates the statements of the agents as to the sequence of events," including that bullet fragments in the dog's corpse were consistent with the handgun, not the rifles used by the F.B.I. agents.
These results corroborate the statements made in the background section and also the assumptions made for the development of the work presented herein (see 'Related work' and 'Fundamental concepts' sections).
CME was unable to verify the customer accounts because MF Global did not hand over needed information corroborating the account statements, according to a submission it made to Congress.
He sent two captives as pretended deserters into Croton — one immediately, who declared that Rufinus had despaired of capturing the place and was about to depart for Locris, which was being betrayed to him, and the other later, corroborating this statement with the report that the consul was already on his way.
