Jeffries said the issue was briefly discussed during a classified briefing for congressional leaders with CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton on Monday. However, he said the meeting focused primarily on Iran.
\n\nUS House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries has called for a full congressional briefing on Nvidia after reports emerged that its CEO, Jensen Huang, may have been targeted by a foreign intelligence operation involving a woman suspected of having links to China.
\n\nSpeaking on Monday, November 9, Jeffries said lawmakers needed more information about the allegations and the circumstances surrounding the reported relationship between Huang and Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed.
\n\n“Clearly Congress needs more information,” Jeffries said, adding that there were “real concerns that need to be addressed with respect to the Nvidia situation”.
\n\n“We’re going to need a full briefing specifically as it relates to the Nvidia situation so we can all get to the bottom of what has happened,” he said.
\n\nThe calls for greater congressional scrutiny follow reports that US authorities had concluded Alice Huang was a Chinese intelligence asset. Nvidia has launched an internal investigation into the matter, while Jensen Huang told employees that he had…
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