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.

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the former Empire State governor.

In a new advertisement released Wednesday, the Cuomo campaign seized on the investigation as a potential selling point to voters, calling it an attempt by the Trump administration to “interfere with N...