Barbara McQuade, Columnist

The DOJ's Cuomo Inquiry Looks a Lot Like Election Interference

Leaked news of the probe amid a heated mayoral campaign raises more skepticism about the case than about the former New York governor.

May 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC

By Barbara McQuade

Barbara McQuade is a professor at the University of Michigan Law school, a former US attorney and author of "Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America."

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A reputation for integrity takes a lifetime to build and an instant to lose. Four months into the Trump administration, if the Department of Justice’s reputation is not yet lost, it is wandering in the wilderness.

That’s why this week’s New York Times report of a DOJ investigation into former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo raises more skepticism about the case than it does about him.