Media report on 12th,Ministry of Commerce President Howard Lutnick will visit Congress to testify on controversies related to Nvidia.
Agence France-Presse reports that members of Congress are asking the government to reveal how much the Trump administration knew about Huida CEO Jensen Huang’s extramarital affair with a woman suspected of spying for China.
Lutnick spokeswoman Kristen Echamar told NBC News that “Secretary Lutnick has agreed to voluntarily appear at a hearing before the Senate Banking Committee to answer the Committee’s questions.”
Before the Trump administration approved Huida’s sale of advanced chips to China, the Commerce Department was ordered to review whether the companies involved posed national security risks, and Lutnick came under scrutiny.
NBC reports,management committee Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott asked Lutnick to attend a public hearing to testify about recent reports about the role of HUDA and the Commerce Department, which have raised national security concerns.
Scott has also asked Huang to testify before the committee, the report said.
