{
  "id": 19388037,
  "title": "Nvidia Pulled Strings to Shut Down a US Government Investigation Into Chip Smuggling",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/nvidia-pulled-strings-to-shut-down-a-us-government-investigation-into",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-10T19:39:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Futurism",
    "slug": "futurism",
    "url": "https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-shut-down-government-investigation-chip-smuggling"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to cheating on his wife with a suspected Chinese spy, reportedly since at least June 2024. The revelation sent markets into a frenzy, leading investors to worry about potential resignation or triggering more market volatility. The scandal involves allegations of chip smuggling by Singaporean data center company Megaspeed, which the US government suspected of smuggling Nvidia chips into China since September 2024. The Commerce Department was investigating Megaspeed executive Alice Huang, who Huang had an affair with. According to the NYT, Huang's affair was known to President Donald Trump since at least October 2025, yet he did nothing about it. Trump's administration officials, including under secretary of commerce for industry and security Jeffrey Kessler, reportedly turned down Nvidia's general counsel Tim Teter's request to meet, potentially because Kessler may have \"opened himself to accusations of undue influence and potentially jeopardized his department's work\" on the investigation. The probe was then handed over to the Justice Department, which instructed the Department of Commerce to stand down. Other top Trump officials, such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, were also implicated in the scandal. Huang's admission triggered a major media circus and may end up hurting more people than initially thought, especially considering the involvement of multiple government officials in the affair.",
  "summary": "Trump secretly knew about Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's affair for over a year. The post Nvidia Pulled Strings to Shut Down a US Government Investigation Into Chip Smuggling appeared first on Futurism .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}