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.

Only a small fraction of the Public Integrity Section’s employees — roughly a half-dozen — will remain in an office that had dozens of employees and oversaw cases nationwide.

Prosecutors in the DOJ that handle public corruption cases have been told the unit will be signification reduced, and that its case will be transferred to US attorney's offices around the country.