The scope of the Nvidia spying scandal now extends to the Commerce Department, potentially putting the Secretary of State in office. Howard Lutnick or other agency leaders as scapegoats for the Trump administration.
Recent reports that the Ministry of Commerce has not taken action on Megaspeed, the Singapore-based company at the center of allegations of espionage and chip smuggling, has stepped up scrutiny of the agency’s decisions to allow more overseas chip sales, particularly those of Nvidia’s advanced artificial intelligence chips. In the past 24 hours, more than a half-dozen Republicans have demanded answers — and potentially congressional testimony — from Lutnick and top lawmakers on whether they put private technology interests above national security.
“The obvious question is why did he choose to sell advanced chips? “, declared the senator. John Kennedy (R-La.) said in an interview Wednesday. “Secretary Lutnick needs to answer this question before God and country. If I were him, I would call a press conference this afternoon and explain what happened and why he agreed to sell them chips, and I would stop doing it.”
“I mean, there will be a congressional investigation,” Kennedy added. “But I don’t think it should wait for Congress.”
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