Former CIA Director David Petraeus’ ex-mistress said Thursday she can’t understand how he’s being considered for a high-level position in๊ the Trump administration while she’🌺s struggling to get by.
Four years after their affair rocked the national-s ecurity community and cost him his post, Paula Broadwell said she decided to speak out because it was time to “fight back” for hᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚer life.
“I’ve been strongly advised to not talk to the press, andไ I understand that. Sometimes it’s better to remain silent. I’ve had that philosophy for the last five years,”
“But I’ve reached a point where I feel like, ‘You know what? I nee♎d to fight back for my life.’ ”
Broadwell, who wrote a🌸 glowing biography of Petraeus, revealed that she’s waiting for the Army to accept the paperwork for her resignation from the Reserves.
She said she has been♐ punished for her affair and was even denied a banking job because her hir༒ing would be “front-page news.”
Petraeus, a highly decorated four-sta♏r general, was forced to resign as CIA chief in 2012 when their af🌳fair became public.
Last year, as she was compiling his life story.
She was scheduled to be promoted in ꦬthe Army Res🌠erve to lieutenant colonel — but was blocked when the scandal broke.
Bꦕroadwell said she had no issue with Petraeus’ qualifi﷽cations, saying he was “unequally qualified for many positions.”
But she also said sh๊e was caught off guard that he might be returning to government in a sen𓆉ior position as her life has stalled.
“As I woke up to the news, you know, it was a bit of a shocker that he was being considered for a Cabinet position, and I was — I was both shocked that I’m still in this tenuous position, and🍃 yet happy because I think he should be able to go on with♛ his life. He’s earned it, and so should his family. But then it begged the question of, ‘Why shouldn’t I be able to go on?’ ” she said.
Petraܫeu♑s met with President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 28 as one of several contenders for secretary of st💃ate.
Since then, Trump h💮as expanded his search and sources said Petraeus is no longer bel♊ieved to be in contention.
Petraeus has long fascinated Broadwell, who has called h𝐆im a “relentless mentor” and a “transformational” leader.
In h🍎er book, she described her ex-lover💟 as perhaps the most “influential” military leader of the last half-century.
Their affair was discovere▨d by the FBI, which was investigating a separate e-mail case involving a civilian and top generals.
There was a time, however, where Petraeus’ future did not look so bright: