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.

Representatives for the Alphabet Inc. unit asked the government in a meeting last week to take a less aggressive stance as the U.S. looks to end what a judge ruled to be an illegal online search monopoly, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the private deliberations.

The Biden administration in November had called for Google to sell its Chrome web browser and make other changes to its business, including an end to billions of dollars in exclusivity payments to companies like Apple Inc.

Although Google has previously pushed back on the Biden-era plan, the recent discussions may preview aspects of the company’s approach to the case as it continues under the Trump administration. A federal judge is set to rule on how Google must change its practices following hearings scheduled for next month.

Both sides are due to file their final proposals to the judge Friday.

“We routinely meet with regulators, including with the DOJ to discuss this case,” Peter Schottenfels, a Google spokesperson, said in a statement. “As we’ve publicly said, we’re concerned the current proposals would harm the American economy and national security.”

A spokesperson for Justice Department declined to comment.

After the Justice Department proposed its remedy in November, Kent Walker, Google’s chief legal officer, said in a blog post that the department was pursuing a “radical interventionist agenda that would harm Americans and America’s global technology leadership.”

In a separate post in January, unrelated to the department’s case, Walker highlighted the company’s work with the government in using artificial intelligence to police cybersecurity threats.

In a landmark ruling last August, a federal judge found the company illegally monopolized the search and search advertising markets.

The Biden administration move to seek a breakup of the company is Washington’s first since unsuccessful efforts to split up Microsoft Corp. two decades ago.

During their meeting last week, company representatives argued that Google’s critical importance to the U.S. economy and national security requires a softer touch, according to the people. They didn’t raise specific threats from the DOJ proposed changes, the people said.

In November, the Justice Department asked U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington to force Google to sell its popular web browser Chrome and license data to rivals, outlaw payments to Apple Inc. and others for pre-installing its search engine on their devices and curtail investments in AI companies, among other requests.

Acting Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Omeed Assefi will make the final decision on what the Justice Department will recommend later this week.