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.

The administration of President Donald Trump of the United States on Friday fired no fewer than two senior career officials at the US Justice Department, including the head of the office that handles presidential pardon requests.

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.