President Trump said Monday that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told him he had no idea the woman he had a relationship with was a Chinese spy, and that Huang should not worry about the FBI. "I asked him that question: 'Did you have any idea that she was a spy?'" Trump told reporters at a surprise White House briefing. "He said, 'I had no idea that she was a spy.' And I really believe him."
"I know the FBI is looking into it in terms of something else, and I think that he'll be in good shape," Trump said.
He added that he spoke to Huang Monday "just to see if he's feeling alright" and called him "an honorable man."
The FBI's work does not appear to be a probe of Huang's affair. The Justice Department is running a criminal investigation into Megaspeed, a Singapore-based company suspected of smuggling Nvidia AI chips into China, per an unnamed source, led by its National Security Division with the FBI and the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security. Alice Huang, a Megaspeed executive, is believed by U.S. intelligence officials to be a Chinese spy; she is not related to Jensen Huang. The Justice Department declined to comment.
The FBI's probe comes amid a broader "Singapore washing" trend in which Chinese companies set up shop in Singapore to bypass US restrictions and prov
