Lawmakers threaten to subpoena Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
It's the affair that's rocking Wall Street,
Capitol Hill, and the White House.
Jensen Wong, one of the president's top tech allies,
in an email to NVIDIA employees admitting
to an affair, writing, there is no excuse for what I did.
I am deeply sorry. The New York Times
reporting that in May, on Air Force One heading
to a state visit in China, Secretary of State
Marco Rubio shared intelligence with the president
that Wong was in a relationship with a woman
Believed to be a Chinese spy.
Still, after that briefing,
Jensen Wong would board Air Force One in Alaska.
Arriving in Beijing hours later, steps behind Rubio.
National security experts say this is a major security incident.
The fact that the Chinese Ministry
of State Security managed to place an asset.
Next to, literally right next to Justin Wang,
who had direct access to President Trump and the
inner circle of the White House,
that is a major intelligence coup for China.
The woman at the center of the scandal,
Alice Wong, is a Chinese national and executive at
a Singaporean company.
She grew close to the NVIDIA CEO over several years.
President Trump earlier this week downplayed
Jensen Wong's affair, telling reporters
the CEO didn't know the woman was an alleged spy.
I know the FBI's looking into it in terms of something else,
and I think that he'll be in good shape.
Now members of Congress are demanding answers from Wang,
threatening him with a subpoena
if he doesn't respond to their request
to appear for a closed-door briefing.
Lawmakers are concerned
that NVIDIA's technology could get into Chinese hands.
We don't want China to access them, to use them, to produce them.
Investors on Wall Street are also concerned.
When news of Jensen Wang's affair broke,
shares of NVIDIA, the world's most valuable tech company,
fell over two days before rebounding today.
Karen Travers, ABC News, the White House.