US Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott has asked former Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to testify about the latest developments at the chipmaker, DW reports.
Huang resigned from Nvidia following reports about his relationship with a businesswoman named Alice Huan, whom US authorities suspect of spying for China. Beijing, meanwhile, denies that she is a spy.
“Recent information raises serious concerns about our national security and the protection of sensitive American technologies,” Scott wrote in a post on the social platform X.
Scott said he would consider issuing a subpoena if Huang does not appear voluntarily: “The American people deserve answers.”
Politico reported that Scott asked Huang to testify on 3 December and Lutnick on 10 December. A Commerce Department spokesperson told NBC News that Lutnick has agreed to testify.
What Happened Earlier
Huang resigned amid an internal investigation at Nvidia, launched after reports that he had become the target of a “foreign intelligence operation”.
Colette Kress, the company’s current executive vice president and chief financial officer, has been appointed acting chief executive.
In an email to Nvidia employees on Sunday, Huang admitted that he had been unfaithful to his wife.
On Wednesday, The New York Times reported that Huang also had an affair with an Nvidia executive who worked under him.