Nico Caprez centers on Donald Trump, who was told at least two times about Jensen Huang's affair with a woman US intelligence agencies consider a Chinese spy. Trump said on Monday that he had not heard about it.
Marco Rubio in May
reported that the last briefing came in May from Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio. That puts the timeline on a dispute over who knew what, and when, inside the Trump administration.
Nvidia and the Trump
The source says the affair has the potential to become the biggest national security scandal in the USA in decades. It also says Nvidia benefited from Huang's close relationship with Trump, because a personal meeting with the president could lead within hours or the next day to decisions that affected Nvidia's business results, products, or operations.
Gautan Mukunda said Nvidia used its lobbying power and influence on the Trump administration, including a 25 million donation for Trump's Ballsaal, to get the Trump administration to look away and not enforce export control laws. He called it "Das sei ein Skandal".
Seth Moulton in Washington
Democratic lawmaker Seth Moulton told that he now has many questions. That reaction matters because the report ties the personal disclosure to export-control enforcement, Nvidia's push to sell more chips abroad, and a state share of at least 15 percent of revenue from one chip sold to China for more than a year.
The unanswered issue is what exact actions Trump or his administration took after those briefings.
