Shocking new allegations in the Nvidia espionage saga are raising questions about the influence the American chip giant has over President Donald Trump’s administration.

Nvidia’s general counsel Tim Teter intervened in a U.S. Commerce Department probe into Megaspeed, the Singaporean data center firm implicated in the spy scandal, according to a report from Bloomberg.

Teter reportedly called the Commerce undersecretary Jeffrey Kessler more than a year ago in late summer 2025 to get more information on whether the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) was involved in the Singaporean government’s detention of Megaspeed executive Alice Huang, the alleged spy who had an affair with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. The report also claims that after the call, BIS staff faced restrictions in their ability to probe Megaspeed, and were asked to route all requests of Nvidia through Kessler.

The report also claims that the Justice Department eventually requested that BIS pause its case on Megaspeed.

The Nvidia chief admitted to the affair over the weekend, and Nvidia said that it had begun an independent investigation into the matter. Huang’s affair allegedly helped facilitate at least $7.5 billion worth of Nvidia chip shipments to Chinese companies despite export control restrictions, according to a The Information report from Tuesday.

Though Nvidia told Bloomberg that Teter was unaware of the affair between the Megaspeed executive and the Nvidia chief, the report does put into question the nature of Nvidia’s relationship with the Trump administration.

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