Jensen Huang Agrees to Testify Before Congress
Lawmakers want answers on Nvidia’s export controls and Megaspeed’s chip access after reports tied Huang to a suspected Chinese intelligence asset.
- On Thursday, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott requested testimony from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang regarding national security concerns at the chipmaker.
- Huang resigned from Nvidia on November 8 after admitting to an affair with Alice Huang, a businesswoman US authorities suspect of spying for the Chinese government.
- Lutnick faces criticism over the administration's refusal to blacklist Chinese companies and oversight of Nvidia's exports; separately, Foreign Affairs panel head Brian Mast, House China Select Committee Chair John Moolenaar, and House Intelligence Committee Chair Rick Crawford demanded testimony from Huang and Nvidia General Counsel Tim Teter.
- Scott warned that Lutnick and Huang must appear at the December 3 hearing or face "all tools at our disposal, including subpoenas," as Senior White House officials reportedly discuss whether to remove the commerce secretary.
- China has denied Alice Huang is a spy, while Attorney General Todd Blanche stated the Justice Department has not reached a conclusion on her status as the investigation expands.
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WASHINGTON – Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has agreed to appear before a congressional committee as lawmakers demand answers about his connections to an alleged Chinese spy. The fallout surrounding the tech executive is now reaching Capitol Hill, raising national security concerns involving one of the world’s most powerful technology companies. “We have to get […]
Republican Senator Tim Scott has requested the presence of the former CEO of Nvidia and the Secretary of Commerce on the 3rd of next month before the Banking Commission that he chairs. In addition, three committees of the House of Representatives summoned Huang on the 1st under threat of judicial summons.
While Jensen Huang, the fallen boss of the flagship company of the AI, has to explain his relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, his ties with the US government are also being questioned. The Secretary of Commerce will also be heard by parliamentarians.
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick will testify before Congress about the scandal affecting the Nvidia electronic chip giant.
The Nvidia scandal shows no sign of abating - Congress calls for testimony in addition to Huang and the US Secretary of Commerce - Mouths are opening and the unseating of the most "successful CEO" is underway The post Nvidia: "This place looks like a cult - The unseating of Huang has begun - Trump's ministers are also burning with him appeared first on in.gr.
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