Thursday, July 16th 2009, 4:00 AM

M. Benjamin for News

Joseph Bruno's spokesperson was subpoenaed.

ALBANY - Indicted former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno's spokesman was subpoenaed by the FBI Tuesday - a day after ripping the federal prosecutor in the case.

Kris Thompson said two FBI agents showed up at his job in the morning and slapped him with the subpoena. It asked for any notes or material he may have involving an interview Bruno did with New York magazine in January 2008.

Thompson, who was Bruno's spokesman in the Senate for about three years and works for him in the private sector, was also ordered to appear as a witness at the trial.

The FBI agents delivered the subpoena a day after Thompson spoke to the Daily News about Bruno's decision to use more than $440,000 in campaign money for his legal fees.

Bruno is under indictment on federal corruption charges.

In defending the use of campaign funds, Thompson said, "It is an appropriate use given that you have an overzealous and out-of-control government prosecutor embarking on a political witch hunt."

Before Tuesday, Thompson said he had never had any contact with investigators handling the case.

"I don't know if it was a coincidence, but certainly it was unsettling," he said of the timing.

"It occurred one day after I was quoted in the Daily News. I'll let people draw their own conclusions."

FBI spokesman Paul Holstein had no comment.