Potential 'national security crisis' as Nvidia ex-CEO summoned by US Congress

This is slowly turning into or moving away from just an investigation into what Jensen Huang has been doing at the head of NVIDIA into potentially what could be shaping up to be some sort of a national security crisis. Republican Tim Scott, the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, has formally requested both Jensen Huang and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to testify before Congress. Why Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick? Because the Commerce Department is responsible for administering and enforcing export controls. These are the export controls Alleged Chinese operation, intelligence operation was trying to circumvent using, again, this alleged Chinese asset, Alice Huang, who had this extramarital relationship with Jensen Huang. Scott has requested Huang testify on December 3rd, Lutnick testify on December 10th. They have also indicated, Republicans have indicated, excuse me, that they are prepared to subpoena both men if they do not cooperate. The critical question here at the center of this is, did the Commerce Department adequately of NVIDIA's advanced chips and prevent them from reaching China through intermediaries. There has been additional reporting, notably from Axios, a news website, alleging that Lutnick did receive several intelligence reports warning him of the relationship between Jensen Huang and Alice Huang, this alleged Chinese asset. So there is something worth noting as well in Washington. Political pressure from both parties. We mentioned Republicans here and then also Democratic senators like Elizabeth Warren and Chris Coons both. Both. Also indicating that they want to get to the bottom of this. And another critical question is, were there commercial or relationship considerations that took precedence over these national security considerations? We've mentioned that Jensen Huang is close to Donald Trump. He donated to Trump's inaugural fund into the White House ballroom project. And Thursday afternoon, there was reporting from Reuters saying that senior White House officials were openly discussing whether they should try to start an initiative to oust out Howard Lutnick, but that as of the time of their reporting, he still had full support and backing from the U.S. President Donald Trump.