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Howard Lutnick in the hot seat as lawmakers demand answers on Nvidia sales to China

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Earle, G. (2026, November 15). Howard Lutnick in the hot seat as lawmakers demand answers on Nvidia sales to China. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/11/14/world-news/congress-prepares-to-rake-lutnick-and-huang-over-chip-spy-fiasco/

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New York Post · collected 2026-11-15 · by Geoff Earle

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Lawmakers are calling for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to testify before Congress to explain the decision to allow Nvidia to sell $4 billion worth of advanced AI chips to China. This comes amid concerns over national security and allegations of Chinese espionage involving Nvidia’s former CEO, Jensen Huang, who recently resigned after admitting to an affair with a suspected Chinese intelligence asset. Senators like John Kennedy and Josh Hawley are pressing for more restrictions on such sales, citing significant security risks.
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“Congress is not going to let this go,” said Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), asking why Lutnick would greenlight the sale of $4 billion in chips to a company where “a Chinese spy is having an affair with the CEO of one of the largest companies in the world and one of the largest AI companies in the world?”
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China GPE · 5× Chinese NORP · 4× Huang PERSON · 4× Lutnick PERSON · 4× The Post ORG · 4× Alice Huang PERSON · 3× Nvidia ORG · 3× Congress ORG · 2× Jensen Huang PERSON · 2× Super Micro Computer ORG · 2×

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“Congress is not going to let this go,” said Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), asking why Lutnick would greenlight the sale of $4 billion in chips to a company where “a Chinese spy is having an affair with the CEO of one of the largest companies in the world and one of the largest AI companies in the world?”
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“Congress is not going to let this go,” said Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), asking why Lutnick would greenlight the sale of $4 billion in chips to a company where “a Chinese spy is having an affair with the CEO of one of the largest companies in the world and one of the largest AI companies in the world?”

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Outraged lawmakers want to haul Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick before Congress to demand answers about the bizarre decision to allow billions of dollars in advanced AI chips to be sold to China — as they seek to halt future shipments. asserted
they → want → shipments
“Congress is not going to let this go,” said Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), asking why Lutnick would greenlight the sale of $4 billion in chips to a company where “a Chinese spy is having an affair with the CEO of one of the largest companies in the world and one of the largest AI companies in the world?” asserted
spy → go → world
The sex-crazed ex-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned this week following reports he had an affair with Alice Huang, an alleged asset of Chinese intelligence. asserted
he → craze → intelligence
Now, within weeks he will have to answer not only for his personal conduct, but for pushing to avoid restrictions on his former company’s chip sales. asserted
he → have → sales
There are “huge national security concerns here,” said Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.). asserted
Hawley → be → ?
“I mean, a Chinese spy? asserted
I → mean → ?
And where are those chips going?” asserted
chips → go → ?
Asked by The Post why the US government didn’t slap more restraints on Nvidia’s most sophisticated product, he responded: “I don’t like any of this. asserted
I → ask → this
I don’t like giving them chips. asserted
I → like → chips
This whole AI thing – ‘We need to win the AI race with China’ that I hear all the time from all the AI boosters in this body, but yet we’re giving them chips. asserted
we → need → chips
I mean, that’s where they’re deficient, and yet we’ve been giving them to them. asserted
we → mean → them
It’s crazy.” asserted
It → ’ → ?
Huang helped assemble a company board filled with loyalists, many of whom hadn’t run a company before or didn’t come from tech. asserted
many → assemble → tech
“I don’t even know who’s on the Nvidia board. asserted
who → know → board
I hope they don’t have any Chinese spies,” Kennedy told The Post. asserted
Kennedy → hope → Post
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), a Senate Intelligence Committee member, told The Post he has written the Commerce Department demanding that Lutnick come brief the Senate Intel committee on what went wrong. asserted
what → tell → committee
House investigators are also clamoring to haul in Lutnick and Huang. asserted
investigators → clamor → Lutnick
The Senate Banking Committee, chaired by Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) has asked Lutnick and Huang to testify Dec. 3. asserted
Committee → chair → Lutnick
The Justice Department is investigating two companies — Megaspeed, the Singapore-based firm previously run by alleged spy Alice Huang, and Super Micro Computer — and is pursuing a separate antitrust probe, an official told The Post. asserted
official → investigate → Post
Jensen Huang admitted the romantic relationship with Huang (no relation) last week. asserted
Huang → admit → Huang
Alice Huang “wasn’t necessarily the target” of the probes, said the official. asserted
official → say → probes
A March DOJ indictment hints at the alleged subterfuge authorities are contending with as they try to keep advanced technology out of China’s hands. asserted
they → hint → hands
Three people, including US citizen Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw, were charged with assembling high-performance computer servers in the US and shipping them to Taiwan in a ploy to get them into China, where their import is restricted. asserted
import → include → China
All were associated with California-based Super Micro Computer. asserted
All → associate → Computer
Liaw pleaded not guilty in April. asserted
Liaw → plead → April
Sun pleaded guilty in October to smuggling and conspiracy to violate export controls. asserted
Sun → plead → controls
Their “systemic scheme” was to divert “massive quantities of servers housing US artificial intelligence technology to customers in China,” according to former US Attorney to the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton, who is now the director of national intelligence. uncertain
who → divert → intelligence
The scheme shipped $510 million worth of servers between April and mid-May 2025 alone, following purchases worth $2.5 billion, according to the DOJ. uncertain
scheme → ship → DOJ
The alleged co-conspirators even filled a huge warehouse with “dummy servers” to circumvent an audit — and got caught on tape using a hair dryer to swap labels and serial numbers. asserted
conspirators → allege → labels
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