Jill Kelley FBI Contact Who Launched Petraeus Investigation Was Reportedly Dismissed From Case Over Conflict Of Interest

The David Petraeus scandal took another strange turn Monday night, this one involving topless photos.


The Wall Street Journal reports that the FBI agent who initially launched the investigation that led to the downfall of the former CIA director was removed from the case when the bureau became concerned that he was "obsessed with the matter."


The agent, who wasn't named in the Journal report, was reportedly friends with Jill Kelley, the Florida acquaintance of Petraeus who allegedly received threatening emails from his mistress and biographer, Paula Broadwell. The contents of the emails are said to have suggested that Broadwell "was suspicious of Ms. Kelley's attention to Mr. Petraeus."




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