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Nvidia founder Jensen Huang resigns as CEO after affair with alleged Chinese spy. House Republicans press Huang to testify, considering subpoena over his relationship.
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Huang resignation triggers probes
Jensen Huang resigned as Nvidia CEO on Thursday morning after reports that he had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy, and Republicans immediately renewed their push for Huang to testify before Congress.
Rep. Tim Burchett told reporters at the Capitol Thursday morning, "I don't think he's got anything to hide now. Let it fly," as he said Huang should testify because lawmakers have raised concerns about the national security implications of Huang's reported relationship given that he ran the world's largest computer chip manufacturer.
House China Committee chairman Rep. John Moolenaar said lawmakers have growing concerns about "the concerns are our national security, whether he was being influenced by a Chinese spy," and he said he would support a congressional subpoena to compel testimony.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer posted on social media on Thursday morning that despite Huang's resignation, Congress needs more answers from Huang, Nvidia and the administration, writing, "Despite Jensen Huang’s resignation, Congress must demand answers from Mr. Huang and others at Nvidia about how they may have put U.S. national security at risk."
Closed-door talks and subpoenas
Rep. Brian Mast and Moolenaar said they were still in active conversations with Huang to schedule testimony after Huang previously signaled a willingness to testify, and Moolenaar said, "We are in discussions with him right now on a date to come and meet with us."
Moolenaar added that if a meeting did not happen, "all three committees, all three chairs have said we will use our subpoena power," framing the next step as a potential subpoena-driven process.
Reuters reported that a trio of House Republicans were unlikely to allow Huang to send Nvidia's general counsel instead of Huang himself, and Reuters said House Foreign Affairs Chairman Brian Mast and two other top Republican lawmakers asked Huang for a closed-door briefing about a New York Times report.
Reuters also quoted Moolenaar saying Huang had until 5 p.m. ET (2200 GMT) Wednesday to decide whether he would meet behind closed doors, warning, "If he doesn't agree to that or submit an additional date, I believe there will likely be subpoenas for him to appear."
National security and export controls
Democrats opened an inquiry into how the Trump administration handled Nvidia's chip sales to China, with Rep. Richard Neal and Sen. Ron Wyden asking Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to preserve records about what they called a questionable and potentially illegal arrangement.
The Democrats' letter alleged that President Trump agreed to sales of Nvidia's H200 chips to China only if the Taiwan-made chips were first shipped to the United States, and it said Trump then added a tariff that was "effectively taking a cut of Nvidia’s sales to China through what appears to be an unconstitutional export tax system."
The Hill reported that Wyden and Neal said the investigation followed Huang's resignation amid a Chinese spy scandal, and the lawmakers wrote that the use of Section 232 authority "appears to have done the opposite, undermining U.S. national security and putting Americans at risk."
Reuters reported that Washington has spent years trying to restrict China's access to advanced Nvidia chips on national security grounds, and it said the allegations involving Huang intensified lawmakers' concerns about whether export controls and other safeguards are strong enough to prevent sensitive U.S. technology from benefiting Beijing.