The F.B.I. and Justice Department have said they want to press criminal charges against a former director of the C.I.A.
David H. Petraeus, 62, could face criminal charges if Attorney General Eric Holder decides to seek an indictment following an investigation that claims he provided his mistress with classified information, The New York Times reported.
Petraeus has denied the allegations that he provided Paula Broadwell with access to his C.I.A. email account and other classified information during their affair.
Broadwell is an Army Reserve officer who was writing Petraeus' biography when they began their affair in 2011.
The F.B.I. found classified documents on Broadwell's computer after Petraeus resigned as director of the C.I.A. in 2012 when the affair became public.
Fox News reported a U.S. official said the Justice Department was "weighing" whether or not to press criminal charges against Petraeus.
Holder will have to decide if he wants to seek and indictment against Petraeus. He had originally intended to decide if he would press charges by the end of 2014.
The New York Times said Petraeus is a retired four-star general who commanded forces in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2007 and 2010.
President Obama appointed him to director of the C.I.A. in 2011. Obama has shown support for Petraeus throughout the ordeal saying that he hoped this would be a "side note on what has otherwise been an extraordinary career."
Obama said he had no evidence that Petraeus shared any classified information of significant importance with Broadwell.
However, federal investigators still call for felony charges because Petraeus breached security in one of the nation's most trusted intelligence offices.
