The FBI and Justice Department prosecutors have recommended bringing criminal charges against former CIA chief David Petraeus for improperly providing classified information to a female Army Reserve officer with whom he was having an affair, the New York Times reported on Friday.
The Justice Department investigation focuses on whether Mr. Petraeus gave the woman, Paula Broadwell, access to his CIA email account and other highly classified information. The Times said officials have recommended felony charges.
The recommendations leave U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder with a decision to make on whether to seek an indictment against Mr. Petraeus, who quit his CIA post in 2012 after the extramarital affair became publicly known.
The Times reported that Mr. Petraeus has indicated to the Justice Department that he has no interest in a plea deal that would enable him to avoid a trial. Mr. Petraeus has said he did not provide classified information to Ms. Broadwell, who was writing his biography at the time of the affair.
A spokesman for Mr. Petraeus, Steve Boylan, said the retired general had no comment. A lawyer for Petraeus, Robert Barnett, declined comment.
