The head of a key U.S. Justice Department task force that combats drugs and organized crime was fired on Friday, amid a move by President Donald Trump's administration to purge or sideline career officials.

The Trump administration has removed several Justice Department officials, including Adam Cohen, the head of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces. Cohen, who was abruptly fired on Friday,

Despite the tech giant's efforts last week to persuade officials to drop the idea, the DOJ on Friday still called for Google to divest its popular Chrome browser-and potentially Android-as part of its ongoing search antitrust case.

As part of the remedies phase of its antitrust case against Google, the DOJ says prohibiting Google’s AI investments could 'cause unintended consequences in the evolving AI space.'