Cuomo Blasts Trump for Election Interference Over DOJ Probe (2)

Andrew Cuomo, running to be mayor of New York City, hit out at the Trump administration following a New York Times report that the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation over testimony he gave relating to his actions as governor of the Empire State during the Coronavirus pandemic.

“This is lawfare and election interference plain and simple — something President Trump and his top Department of Justice officials say they are against,” Cuomo’s spokesman Rich Azzopardi said in a statement.

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A DOJ spokesman declined to comment.

Cuomo, who was New York’s governor during the pandemic, stepped down ...