Jensen Huang Hires Law Firm Paul Weiss as Lawmakers Urge Intel Agencies to Probe Ties With Alleged Spy

Huang resigned as Nvidia’s chief executive on Thursday.

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Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has hired the law firm Paul Weiss, along with litigators Melinda Haag and Walter Brown, two people familiar with the matter, cited in a New York Times report, said. At the same time, two key House intelligence lawmakers are asking US agencies to look into whether his relationship with Alice Huang, an alleged Chinese spy put Nvidia at risk.

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It is not yet clear what the firm has been hired to do. The newspaper reported that, based on their biographies, Haag and Brown have represented executives in both government and internal investigations before.

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The two lawmakers say the situation raises concern that China infiltrated one of the most valuable companies in the world to get access to restricted high-performance chips. They warned that in Chinese hands, the technology could be used to train military AI systems, speed up cyber operations against US networks and widen state surveillance.

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LaHood chairs, and Gottheimer is the top Democrat on, a subcommittee of the House Intelligence Committee. That panel oversees the National Security Agency and the intelligence-related work of Cyber Command.

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The letter went to several top officials:

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They want each…

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