Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie defended state Attorney General Letitia James’ integrity amid her office’s sexual harassment probe of embattled Gov. Andrew Cuomo — but said he wouldn’t impeach the three-term Democratic incumbent based solely on the results of her investigative report.

“I trust the attorney general,” Heastie said Friday following a hospital event in Schenectady.

Heastie tasked the Assembly Judiciary Committee with conducting an impeachment probe of Cuomo. The investigation is looking at sexual harassment claims leveled against Cuomo by current and former staffers, his actions during the coronavirus pandemic affecting nursing homes, and whether he used government resources to publish his $5.1 million COVID-19 book.

“I have to have the discussion with Chairman [Charles] Lavine, but I believe that it should be part of the Assembly’s review but I don’t know if the report itself alone without the conclusion of the Judiciary Committee’s work should rise to an action,” Heastie said.

“I think it should be included. I think the committee should look at it and review it, but like I said, I have not spoken [about it] and that will be determined by Chuck Lavine, but in my opinion, I think it should be part of the overall review.”

He said the Assembly judiciary panel should be given ample time to complete its probe and not be pressured into a rush to judgment.

“The federal government is doing an inquiry. No one’s rushing them. The attorney general has said, you know, when she’s done, she’s done. And so I would ask that people give the Judiciary Committee the same deference that is given to the federal government, and to the attorney general,” Heastie said.

The remarks caused a lawyer for one of Cuomo’s accusers, former staffer Charlotte Bennett, to blast Heastie as a Cuomo stooge.

“The Assembly Speaker’s comments today are alarming and outrageous. Speaker Heastie has made clear that he will actively obstruct efforts to hold Gov. Cuomo responsible even if, as we expect will be the case, the Attorney General’s investigators substantiate the multiple allegations of sexual harassment levied against the governor by Ms. Bennett and the other complainants,” Bennett’s attorney, Debra Katz, said in a statement

“Speaker Heastie’s statement is a betrayal of the duties of his office and demonstrates that his loyalty is to Gov. Cuomo, and not to either the rule of law or to the women who have been victimized by the Governor in clear violation of the law.”

Some Assembly members and other critics who have called on Cuomo to resign over the mounting scandals also have slammed the slow pace of the judiciary panel’s impeachment probe. But they’re awaiting the attorney general’s investigative report to drop first before taking any action.

Meanwhile, Heastie sought to distance himself from a war of words between chairman Levine and Cuomo’s office involving James.

Lavine issued a strongly worded letter earlier this week warning Cuomo faces “severe repercussions” over a tweet in which he said the governor’s spokesman Richard Azzopardi suggested James’ sexual harassment probe of his boss was politically motivated. He accused Team Cuomo of engaging in “witness intimidation” by targeting James after Azzopardi said the attorney general “may run against the governor.”

Azzopardi’s July 11 tweeted statement was a response to an exclusive Post report about Transport Workers Union International president John Samuelsen saying he no longer supported the governor.

But one of Cuomo’s top lawyers Thursday said Lavine’s threat to punish the governor over Azzopardi’s tweet raised “constitutional concerns” and accused the lawmaker of trying to “quash free speech” while denying any intent to intimate witnesses or interfere with investigations.

Heastie insisted he had nothing to do with Lavine’s slap at Cuomo.

“I’m going to defer to the chairman of the Judiciary Committee,” Heastie said.

“He is our go-to person on this and like I said, I think if Chuck has a concern and he raised it. But I’m really trying to separate myself from the inquiry, so that when their work is done, I think I’ll comment further.”

Cuomo hasn’t held a public event or faced the media since July 14. He was apparently interviewed by the AG’s independent investigators last Saturday, July 17. The Post found the governor in Manhattan the entire day, which was not listed on his public schedule.