Top Republican lawmakers plan to investigate Nvidia over its CEO Jensen Huang affair with an alleged Chinese spy, putting the president that of Donald Trump a strong defense of the tech titan, at odds with growing attention from members of his own party.
Republican chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and China committees are calling on Huang to appear next week in a closed-door briefing that could lay the groundwork for an investigation into Nvidia. Other Republicans are now calling on Congress or other federal authorities to launch investigations into Huang’s conduct and Nvidia’s broader dealings with China.
Home Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) told reporters “we need to investigate” through the “appropriate authorities,” while outgoing Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said Huang should be fully investigated and that Congress should “absolutely” have a role in his investigation.
Russ WalkerTrump’s 2020 campaign adviser and executive director of the conservative group Humans First, said he encouraged Republican lawmakers and the Justice Department to investigate Huang as well as the White House to bar him from its facilities.
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