[meatloaf]

The evidence against Petraeus was never presented to a grand jury. Here’s what happened.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/how-david-petraeus-avoided-felony-charges-and-possible-prison-time/2016/01/25/d77628dc-bfab-11e5-83d4-42e3bceea902_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_petraeus-215pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

[riverdawg]

I don’t mean to split hairs, but the WP article you linked has the following sentence:

“Petraeus, in the end, pleaded guilty last year to a misdemeanor charge of mishandling classified material.”

So, it appears that the Justice Department never presented the *felony* charge to a grand jury, but instead charged Petraeus with a *misdemeanor* to which he plead guilty.