David Petraeus has agreed to plead guilty to one charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified information , it emerged on Tuesday . The alleged that he took notebooks containing classified information to where his biographer and mistress Paula ##eus was staying in 2011 . The plea deal shows the government has recommended he face no prison time and instead gets two years probation and a $ 40,000 fine . But the charge carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison , a $ 100,000 fine and five years of probation . He had an affair with her between late 2011 and summer 2012 , and stepped down from the CIA after the charges emerged .
David Petraeus has agreed to plead guilty to one charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified information , it emerged on Tuesday . The charge alleges he took notebooks containing classified information to where his biographer and mistress Paula Broadwell was staying in 2011 . The plea deal shows the government has recommended he face no prison time and instead gets two years probation and a $ 40,000 fine . But the charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison , a $ 100,000 fine and five years of probation . He had an affair with Broadwell between late 2011 and summer 2012 , and stepped down from the CIA after the relationship emerged .