Mayor Adams’ defense team on Tuesday accused Justice Department prosecutors of leaking information about the criminal investigation leading to his indictment on corruption charges. In a flurry of court filings, Adams’ attorney, Alex Spiro, asked a judge to hold an evidentiary hearing into more than a year’s worth of investigative reporting about the criminal probe of his administration to request sanctions over alleged grand jury secrecy violations. The aggressive defensive strategy comes less than a week after Adams’ indictment. Spiro pointed the finger at the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office but did not provide evidence that it leaked anything to outlets, including The New York Times and CNN. He argued the legal standard to request an evidentiary hearing on the matter — it being “susceptible [to] the interpretation” that a violation occurred — was met based on the limited number of people who knew the information reported. Alex Spiro, attorney for New York City Mayor Eric Adams, speaks during a news conference, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith) Chiefly citing reporting in The Times, the attorney detailed stories about searches by federal authorities at the homes of Adams’ top campaign fundraiser, Brianna Suggs, subpoenas Adams received, and the focus and targets of the investigation, Adams’ imminent indictment, and other topics. The Times reported that Adams was expected to be indicted late Wednesday, attributing to sources familiar with the matter, followed by outlets including the Daily News, the New York Post, and The City. No media organization reported the charges that were unsealed the following morning. In Tuesday’s filing, Spiro said the mayor’s defense team contacted the prosecutor’s office about leaks on June 7 and August 13. He said the defense might seek the indictment to be dismissed, that evidence in the case be suppressed, that prosecutors be held in contempt and other measures. “The prejudice from these leaks has been severe. A cascade of critical articles based on one-sided, misleading leaks by the government has eroded public support for the Mayor long before he was ever charged with a crime and able to defend himself in court,” the filing reads. Adams’ defense strategy of seeking to uncover the source of leaks to nullify charges is not unique. Similar claims were unsuccessfully levied by former President Donald Trump in his Manhattan hush-money case when he accused the district attorney’s office of leaking information about the preceding grand jury investigations to the media. Former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, convicted of federal corruption charges in 2018, attempted a similar strategy. In his failed bid, a judge in 2015 found the news reports about the investigation leading to his case did not contain the details necessary to establish they disclosed the grand jury’s inner workings — like questions asked by grand jurors or the date the indictment was handed up. Dean Skelos leaves the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Federal Courthouse after his sentencing on October 24Alec Tabak for New York Daily NewsDean Skelos leaves the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Federal Courthouse after his sentencing on October 24, 2018 in New York. Skelos, the disgraced former NY State Senate Majority Leader, received 4 years and 3 months in prison after being convicted of corruption in July. (Alec Tabak for New York Daily News) Manhattan Federal Judge Kimba Wood found that Skelos’ lawyers failed to prove leaks came from government prosecutors and not people involved in over 80 witness interviews or dozens of attorneys involved. “We conducted tireless and original reporting to uncover important new revelations about the allegations made against the mayor and his associates, and we worked exhaustively to confirm the veracity of all the information we received,” Charlie Stadtlander, a spokesman for The Times, said in a statement to The News about Spiro’s allegations. “As the filed motion documents, The Times’s groundbreaking reporting on this case has been proven accurate at every turn.” Adams, who was arraigned on the charges Friday, is expected to appear before the judge assigned to the case for the first time on Wednesday.   The mayor has pleaded not guilty to wire fraud, bribery, and conspiracy charges. He’s accused of soliciting and accepting illegal campaign contributions from overseas donors, more than $100,000 in luxury travel perks in exchange for doing favors for the Turkish government, and engaging in other corrupt activity dating back to his days as Brooklyn borough president. Mayor Eric Adams takes questions from the media in the rotunda of City Hall Monday, Oct. 1, 2024 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams for New York Daily News) Multiple senior members of Adams’ administration have had their homes searched and phones seized in the ongoing criminal investigation, which is believed to span multiple areas of interest. The probe has intensified in tandem with multiple high-profile resignations in recent weeks, including Adams’ former police commissioner Edward Caban, schools chancellor David Banks, and the mayor’s chief legal adviser Lisa Zornberg. The Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office declined to comment.