Eric Adams accuses the government of illegally leaking grand jury information to the media and calls on the New York judge to intervene

Mayor Eric Adams accused the government of illegally leaking classified grand jury information to the media and asked the Manhattan judge overseeing his criminal case to intervene in a new motion filed early Tuesday.

Hizzoner's legal team has called for a trial to investigate alleged leaks that they claim came from federal agents and prosecutors involved in the bombshell indictment of the Big Apple chief in his first term.

“For nearly a year, the government has leaked grand jury materials and other sensitive information to the media to aggrandize itself, further its investigation, and unfairly disadvantage the defendant, Mayor Eric Adams,” the attorneys wrote in the new letter submitted application.

A grand jury handed down a five-count indictment against Adams last week, accusing the 64-year-old politician of accepting bribes in return for favors, amassing illegal straw donations and defrauding the city of $10 million in public campaign funds.

Adams' legal team argued in Tuesday's filing that federal authorities whispered developments related to the investigation to news outlets last year to confuse their client.

The defense pointed to a series of articles about the investigation that The New York Times published between last November and last week as evidence that federal authorities allegedly illegally shared information with news outlets.

The Times articles cited unnamed sources and Adams' legal team claimed the information reported by the newspaper could only come from federal authorities.

“The prejudice caused by these leaks was severe,” Adams' attorney Alex Spiro and his company wrote. “A cascade of critical articles based on one-sided, misleading government information undermined public support for the mayor long before he was ever charged with a crime and able to defend himself in court.”

As the investigation continued, Adams' lawyers said they wrote to the government in June and August demanding an internal investigation into the leaks but were ignored.

When the defense raised the issue in a phone call in late August, prosecutors again dismissed the concerns, court records show.

Adams' legal camp wants District Judge Dale Ho to schedule an evidentiary hearing to “investigate the leaks in this case and impose meaningful consequences.”

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If federal officials are found to have disclosed confidential information, the possible consequences would be for the judge to dismiss the case, throw out evidence or force officials and prosecutors to resign and not participate in the case, his lawyers argued.

“Remedial measures imposed following an evidentiary hearing should be commensurate with the severity of the leaks, up to and including dismissal if prejudice is found,” Adams' legal team wrote.

Michael Bachner, a former Manhattan federal prosecutor in the same office who is currently handling the Adams investigation, told The Post that it was Spiro's prerogative and duty to raise the matter if he believed ” the indictment was improperly disclosed to the public to prejudice the case against his client.”

“It is inappropriate at best to leak what goes on in a grand jury,” said Bachner – a practicing litigator. “[And] it is potentially criminal.”

Still, Bachner said the information could have come from one of many possible sources, including the mayor's office, law enforcement, an FBI agent or someone in the U.S. Attorney's Office.

The latest argument is part of a legal offensive that Adams' lawyers launched this week against the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan as their client fights for his political life.

Spiro argued Monday that the bribery charge against Adams should be dropped, claiming the gifts Turkish leaders showered Hizzoner were not bribes but typical perks for politicians.

He also called the entire case “baseless.”

Bachner noted how quickly Spiro filed motions — just days after the indictment was unsealed — “which obviously means he had a very good feeling that the indictment was coming because you were attacking them on the merits.”

“I don't know why this should happen so quickly, except maybe for public relations purposes because the mayor has said he's not resigning and maybe wants to show that he's fighting the case aggressively.”

Adams, a former NYPD police officer, has denied the allegations against him and made it clear that he has no intention of stepping down from his position despite increasing calls for his resignation.