Jensen Huang agrees to testify before Congress, committee chair says
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Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has agreed to testify before Congress by Thanksgiving, later this month, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast said, according to reports from Bloomberg and NBC News published by TechCrunch. The agreement came after Mast and the chairmen of two other committees, John Moolenaar and Rick Crawford, threatened to subpoena him. Huang stepped down after reports of an alleged affair with a woman suspected of spying for China.
The testimony will take place behind closed doors. Mast said he expects the session to be recorded on video and transcribed. The lawmaker said he and Huang have disagreed over export controls, but called Nvidia an important company for the United States and said the former CEO has “very serious questions” to answer.
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The closed-door testimony could put export-control questions and Nvidia under congressional scrutiny, while the subpoena threat indicates that Huang agreed to appear after pressure from the committees. Because the session is expected to be recorded and transcribed, its contents could provide a formal record of his responses.
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