US DOJ Plans to Push Google to Sell Chrome, According to Reports [Video]

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is preparing to ask a judge to consider pushing Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL) to divest its Chrome browser, according to reports Tuesday, as the Biden administration’s top antitrust officials cracks down on the tech industry a few months before leaving office.

The reports come a month after the DOJ submitted a filing giving a federal court a framework for restructuring Google, including breaking up the tech giant for an illegal monopoly over search.

The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that a court filing is due by the DOJ Wednesday asking the judge to get Google to divest its Chrome browser or Android mobile operating system if the Alphabet unit “doesn’t limit how it ties its ubiquitous mobile products to the use of its search engine.” 

The report said the Justice Department is also seeking an end to Google’s payment of billions of dollars a year to partners like iPhone maker Apple (AAPL) to …