The leader of Nvidia stepped down from his role as chief executive after a leaked government document sparked a scandal involving claims of foreign espionage. According to The Washington Post, Secretary of State Marco Rubio edited intelligence findings to make the memo’s language more assertive before it was made public, asserting that Alice Huang had acted as a Chinese spy.
The allegation is disputed by several agencies, with the DOJ stating it has reached no conclusions and the CIA remaining unconvinced of the claims. A former official told the Post that members of the administration had spent years attempting to diminish the influence Jensen Huang held over President Trump’s policies regarding semiconductor chips.
