Jensen Huang agreed to appear before lawmakers after House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast and other senior committee leaders issued subpoena threats following a November 4 request letter. The former Nvidia executive recently departed his leadership position amid reports detailing an alleged affair with a woman suspected of espionage for China. Brian Mast indicated that while Nvidia remains vital to American interests, Huang must still answer pressing questions behind closed doors. The upcoming session is expected to be documented through both written transcriptions and video recordings.
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Lawmakers successfully pressured the former executive to appear by threatening him with f…: Lawmakers successfully pressured the former executive to appear by threatening him with formal congressional subpoenas.
Brian Mast previously clashed with Jensen Huang over critical national export controls co…: Brian Mast previously clashed with Jensen Huang over critical national export controls concerning advanced semiconductor technology.
The scheduled testimony will occur privately before Thanksgiving to address serious secur…: The scheduled testimony will occur privately before Thanksgiving to address serious security questions without harming Nvidia.
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Ex-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has agreed to testify before Congress, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast said on Thursday, according to reports from Bloomberg and NBC News.
Huang, who stepped down as CEO following reports of an alleged affair with a woman suspected of spying for China, agreed to testify Wednesday after several senior lawmakers threatened to subpoena him.
Huang has agreed to testify before Congress by Thanksgiving, which falls later this month.
The development comes after House Republicans Mast, John Moolenaar, and Rick Crawford sent Huang a letter on November 4 requesting that he appear before their committees. Moolenaar chairs the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, Mast chairs the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Crawford chairs the House Intelligence Committee.
“Jensen and I have been very at odds as some of you already know on export controls, but Nvidia is a very important company to the United States of America,” Mast said to reporters. “I don’t want to see anything hurt in Nvidia, but he has some very serious questions to answer.”
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