The FBI is disbanding a Washington-based squad that investigates allegations of fraud and public corruption against members of Congress and other federal officials, people familiar with the matter said Thursday.

The FBI’s Washington Field Office is folding its federal public corruption squad, the same unit which aided Jack Smith’s special counsel investigation into now-President Donald Trump, three people familiar with the matter tell NBC News.

The administration has never said it’s tolerant of corruption, but the demise of the FBI’s public corruption squad is part of a pattern.

Former FBI Director James Comey was interviewed by US Secret Service agents at their Washington, DC, field office on Friday afternoon, according to law enforcement sources.

The Trump administration accused the former FBI director of insinuating a call to violence in his Instagram post, which he denied.

Former FBI director James Comey met with the U.S. Secret Service on Friday, after he was called in to discuss a social media post that Donald Trump's supporters claimed was a threat against the president,