Reports: Nvidia board considers Huang ouster while US Dems close in

Senior US Democratic Senators

Elizabeth Warren and Chris Coons asked the Trump administration

to preserve all documents tied to Nvidia's chip exports

to China, amid growing scrutiny over CEO Jensen Huang's

relationship with a suspected Chinese intelligence operative.

Nvidia's board is meeting late on Wednesday to decide

whether to oust Huang, a person familiar with the matter said,

after media reports alleged he had a close relationship with a

Chinese businesswoman who passed information to Beijing.

"This incident raises significant concerns about the federal

government's ability to effectively enforce our export controls

and protect our national security," the senators said in the

letter sent to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Secretary of

State Marco Rubio and White House chief of staff Stephen Miller.

The controversy escalated on several fronts this week as

allegations emerged that Huang's relationship with Alice Huang

aided at least $7.5 billion in Nvidia chip shipments to China

and that  Rubio had previously briefed President Donald Trump on

the affair. Many of Nvidia's most advanced chips are subject to

US export restrictions to protect the country's dominance in the

critical sector.

"Questions also remain regarding whether or not prudent

defensive counter-intelligence action was taken or national

security recommendations were overruled," the senators said.

Warren and Coons also requested a congressional briefing on

the national security risks posed by the suspected intelligence

operation.

The Wall Street Journal first reported details of the

letter.