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Petraeus got help from high-profile names during sentencing

Former CIA Director David Petraeus reportedly received help from such famous names as ex-British Prime Minister Tony ꦕBlair and GOP presidential hopeful Sen. Lindsey Graham when he was facing sentencing for feeding classified info to his mistress.

Nearly three dozen hiওgh-profile people wrote to a federal judge urging leniency for Petraeus before he was sentenced to two🦋 years’ probation after he signed a plea deal, according to .

Others included Sen. Dianne Fein🅺stein, a California Democrat; Stephen Hadley, national security adviser to President George W. Bush; and retired Adm. Mike Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Petraeus was also or💧dered to pay a $100,000 fine for giving classified material to Paula Broadwell, his biographer and paramour.