The evidence strongly supports the truthfulness of the statement. Multiple high-authority and highly relevant news sources, including Bloomberg Tax and two separate Yahoo News articles, directly report that President Trump stated he had asked or ordered the Department of Justice to investigate meat packers over rising beef prices. These sources provide direct quotes from Trump regarding his request for a DOJ probe into potential price fixing. For instance, one article explicitly states, 'President Trump accused meat packers of inflating beef prices and ordered the Department of Justice to conduct an investigation.' Another confirms, 'Donald Trump stated that he has asked the DOJ to immediately begin an investigation.'Further corroboration comes from a Reuters article which, while focused on another topic, links to a story with the headline, 'Trump orders DOJ to probe meat packers over beef prices,' confirming that another major news agency covered the event in the same manner. A local news outlet also reported on Trump's request for a DOJ investigation into price manipulation.There is no contradictory evidence presented in the sources. The lower-relevance sources are either completely irrelevant to the topic (e.g., the West Virginia State Government Directory), or they do not address the specific claim of a presidential order (e.g., the U.S. Trade Representative website, an Iowa Public Radio update). The consistency across several independent, credible news organizations provides high confidence that the event described in the statement occurred.