Trump says FBI probing Nvidia CEO’s affair with alleged spy

What the report says

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the FBI is looking into Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang’s relationship with a woman alleged to have worked for Chinese intelligence services. According to Al Jazeera’s report from the White House in Washington, Trump said the matter emerged after Huang acknowledged an extramarital relationship with a Chinese executive identified as Alice Huang.

Trump told reporters he believed Huang had no knowledge of the woman’s alleged ties to Chinese intelligence and said the CEO would likely “be in good shape.” He said Huang had told him he was unaware of any espionage connection, and the president said he believed that explanation. Trump added that he had heard and read about concerns involving the relationship over a period of time, but only recently.

The report says Nvidia opened its own internal probe on Sunday after media accounts said U.S. intelligence officials had determined the woman was working for China’s Ministry of State Security. The company’s board said it had no reason to think national security or company secrets had been compromised, while also saying an independent review would examine available information. Nvidia is one of the world’s most valuable technology companies, making any scrutiny of its leadership potentially significant for investors, regulators and U.S.-China technology tensions.