(Reuters) - Google is urging officials at President Donald Trump's Department of Justice to back away from a push to break up the search engine company, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the discussions. The company said a breakup may raise national security issues, according to the report.

Google is urging officials at President Donald Trump’s Justice Department to back away from a push to break up the search engine company, citing national security concerns, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Google is no stranger to antitrust scrutiny, but the walls may be closing in. As the next phase of Google's search trial nears, the company's lawyers have reportedly met with representatives from the US Department of Justice in hopes of heading off a breakup.

President Donald Trump's administration said on Tuesday it was considering selling some of the U.S. government's most iconic properties, including the headquarters of the Department of Justice, the FBI and the building that once housed Trump's luxury hotel.

The Trump administration has placed some of the country’s most iconic and well-known federal buildings on the potential chopping block, including them on a list of more than 400 properties deemed “not core to government operations” and candidates for “disposal.

The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is considering selling off hundreds of “non-core” federal properties, including the headquarters of the FBI and the departments of Justice, Veterans Affairs and Labor,