Democrats in the US demand an investigation into Howard Lutnick over the Jensen Huang story

House member Ted Lieu said that an investigation should be conducted into Lutnick and his role in this case, Interfax reports. According to him, lawmakers are going to check these allegations.

Fox News writes that media outlets, citing investigation reports, reported on a secret document that Lutnick allegedly received. It supposedly stated that Huang had a relationship with entrepreneur Alice Huang, who is of Chinese origin and is suspected of working for Chinese intelligence.

Lieu believes that Lutnick ignored this information. His fellow party member Ro Khanna supported the idea of a review and suggested that the investigation could also involve US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who may also have been informed about this story.

On Thursday, Jensen Huang stepped down as chief executive officer and president of Nvidia Corp. and left the company's board of directors. Media outlets wrote that the affair with Alice Huang, in their version, was linked to an attempt to bypass the ban on supplying advanced chips to China.

On Wednesday, The New York Times reported that Huang had another extramarital affair — with a senior executive employee who was directly subordinate to him. The publication named Nvidia vice president Kimberly Powell, who was responsible for the healthcare business, and also noted that Huang owns about 3.6% of the company's shares and was its fourth-largest shareholder.

Sources

• Interfax