The retired U.S. General has already pled guilty to revealing classified information to his biographer who he was having an affair with.
David Petraeus in 2013.
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David Petraeus, former U.S. military commander and CIA director, will be sentenced by a federal judge on Thursday for leaking secrets to his mistress who was writing his biography.
Petraues has already pled guilty to criminal charges of removing and retaining classified material. As part of his plea deal in March, he is not expected to get prison time, but will pay a $40,000 fine and receive two years of probation, Reuters reported.
However, the federal judge in North Carolina is not bound to the recommendations of the plea deal.
Petraeus served as the U.S. Army General in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. At President Obama's request, he left the army to head the CIA in 2011. Petraeus retired in 2012 after his affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, was revealed.
He pled guilty in March to a criminal misdemeanor charge of giving Broadwell access to "black books" containing classified information including notes from national security meetings and the identities of covert officers before he became the CIA director.
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