Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was sent a highly classified memo warning about Jensen Huang's ties to the former Megaspeed executive.
Claimed by: Axios, citing multiple unnamed sources
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- Political Wire (Axios), 2026-11-10: Relays Axios: Lutnick received a highly classified memo on Huang's ties to the suspected Chinese agent, raising questions about how Commerce weighed security risks when clearing Nvidia chip sales to China-linked buyers. source
History
- 2026-11-10: Single source. Reported only by Axios, citing people familiar; the Axios page could not be fetched, so this rests on Political Wire's summary. The Commerce Department's response was not available. The Commerce Department oversees export licences for Nvidia chips.