China panel chair Moolenaar demands answers on Nvidia CEO's alleged affair with a Chinese spy

Skip Navigation Markets Business Investing Tech Politics & Policy Video Watchlist Investing Club PRO Livestream Menu Key Points House Select Committee on China Chair John Moolenaar urged a thorough internal investigation into Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's affair with an alleged Chinese spy and said Congress needed answers during a Tuesday appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box." Moolenaar, who has requested Huang to appear before his committee, said he needed to know whether China was given preferential treatment to buy Nvidia chips, whether privileged information was shared with a Chinese spy and whether China influenced Nvidia's Washington lobbying. Congressional scrutiny of the Huang affair has intensified since members returned to Washington on Monday. In this article NVDA Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT watch now VIDEO 7:04 07:04 Rep. John Moolenaar on investigating Nvidia's Jensen Huang: CCP influence raises multiple concerns Squawk Box Rep. John Moolenaar , R-Mich., said on a Tuesday appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box" that Congress needs to "get to the bottom" of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang 's affair with an alleged Chinese spy. Moolenaar, who chairs the House Permanent Select Committee on China, said he wants to know whether Huang shared privileged information with a Chinese spy; whether Huang was influenced to lobby against preventing chip sales to China; and whether China was given preference in purchasing Nvidia's limited supply of advanced chips. And he urged a thorough internal investigation of Huang. "If it becomes less of an investigation, more of damage control, that's not going to work because people have to have confidence," Moolenaar said. "We're dealing with the country, the Chinese Communist Party that is a foremost adversary, that's funding wars and supporting Russia, supporting Iran, North Korea," he said. "And we have basically a Cold War race with technology. We cannot allow the premier company at the forefront of this to, in some way, be irresponsible." Read more CNBC news on Nvidia What is Megaspeed? The Nvidia chip buyer in the spotlight after Jensen Huang's affair Read Huang's email to his staff and statement from Nvidia's board of directors Nvidia's CEO turmoil gives newly empowered Democrats fresh ammunition in pursuit of oversight Analysts say Huang scandal could hang over Nvidia and chips industry for a while Nvidia investigates CEO Jensen Huang's relationship with alleged Chinese spy Congressional scrutiny of Huang's affair has intensified since members returned to Washington on Monday. The New York Times reported that Huang was romantically involved with Alice Huang, a Megaspeed executive who U.S. intelligence agencies have identified as a Chinese intelligence asset. Nvidia opened an investigation into its CEO on Sunday. The two Huangs are not related. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks on stage during the Invest in Germany Summit in Berlin, Germany, October 19, 2026. Lisi Niesner | Reuters House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries , D-N.Y., said in a press conference on Monday that "we're going to need a full briefing specifically as it relates to the Nvidia issue so we can all get to the bottom of what has happened and what the implications are in terms of national security" Moolenaar co-authored a letter with Florida Rep. Brian Mast and Arkansas Rep. Rick Crawford on Nov. 5 asking Huang to appear before the Select Committee on China, the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Select Committee on Intelligence. Mast chairs the foreign affairs panel, and Crawford chairs intelligence. "Recent reports raise significant national security concerns regarding the PRC's access to sensitive U.S. technology and information," the three Republicans wrote. Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.