(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 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.

Alphabets Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) recently met with the Trump administration, urging officials to step back from antitrust efforts aimed at breaking up the search giant, according to sources. The U.S.