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Congress could issue subpoena to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang if he doesn’t respond by today to request for a ‘joint, closed-door briefing’

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Congress could issue subpoena to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang if he doesn’t respond by today to request for a ‘joint, closed-door briefing’

Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.), the chairperson of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has said that he will issue a subpoena to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang if he does not respond to the committee’s request to meet with them on November 18 by Wednesday, November 11, according to ABC News. The House invited him to a “joint, closed-door briefing” with the heads of the House committees on China, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence, and that they will focus on his company’s “security protocols against foreign adversary espionage.”

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Congress first called the embattled CEO on November 7, a few days after rumors started circulating about Huang’s “closeness” to a particular Chinese executive suspected of passing information to Chinese intelligence. The following day, Nvidia released a statement from Jensen admitting to an affair with Megaspeed executive Alice Huang, apologizing for his unfaithfulness, while the company’s board of directors confirmed it will launch an independent investigation regarding the allegations that the CEO has been specifically targeted by China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS). Aside from having to face Congress, Jensen Huang is also reportedly being looked into by the FBI.

It remains unclear whether Jensen Huang was targeted by intelligence agencies, but he came into prominence with the AI boom that was arguably fueled by Nvidia’s AI chips.


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