The plans, which have not been finalized, are the latest effort by the Trump administration to limit the ability of prosecutors to bring sensitive and politically fraught cases.

Prosecutors in the Justice Department section that handles public corruption cases have been told the unit will be being significantly reduced in size, and that its cases will be transferred to U.S. attorney’s offices around the country,

President Donald Trump's administration is considering cutting most of the lawyers in the U.S. Justice Department unit that handles public corruption cases, four people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.