Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is facing growing political pressure as more details emerge about his affair with a woman suspected of being a Chinese intelligence asset.
Now, some Republican lawmakers are threatening to subpoena Huang, while at least one senator is calling for his resignation.
North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer told Politico on Tuesday that Huang’s actions amount to a national security risk.
“The potential for extortion is so tremendous that something as sensitive as Nvidia chips, I just think he’s got to go,” Cramer said.
“If the worst thing he did in real life is infidelity with this woman who may or may not be a Chinese spy — but she might be — that’s enough, because whatever else there is, we don’t know. And to me, that’s a security risk.”
Cramer’s comments are notable because he sits on the Senate Banking Committee, where lawmakers have introduced legislation to further restrict exports of advanced U.S. AI chips to China.
Meanwhile, at least two Republican House lawmakers have said that Huang will likely be subpoenaed if he doesn’t agree to a briefing with Congress.
Rep. John Moolenaar of Michigan, who chairs the House Select Committee on China, told Fox Business on Wednesday that Huang has until the end of the day to respond to a request to appear for a closed-door briefing or suggest another date.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast also told ABC News that he was prepared to subpoena Huang if he failed to respond.
The two lawmakers, along with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rick Crawford, sent Huang a letter on Nov. 5 requesting a briefing on Nov. 18 about his relationship with Alice Huang and Nvidia’s safeguards against foreign espionage.
The mounting political pressure comes just days after Huang admitted on Sunday that he had an affair.
The New York Times first reported in October 2025 that U.S. authorities were investigating Singapore-based Megaspeed over concerns that the company was helping Chinese firms obtain restricted Nvidia chips.
A year later, on October 29, the newspaper reported that U.S. intelligence officials believed Alice Huang, a former Megaspeed executive who had developed a close relationship with Jensen Huang, was passing intelligence to Beijing.
Nvidia’s board of directors has since launched an independent investigation into the matter. The company said it has no reason to believe national security or company secrets were compromised.
But new reports have raised further questions about Huang’s relationship with Alice and Nvidia’s business dealings in China.
The Information reported Tuesday that her relationship with Jensen and Nvidia helped facilitate at least $7.5 billion worth of Nvidia chip shipments through a network of Chinese companies since 2023.
Bloomberg also reported Monday that Nvidia general counsel Tim Teter intervened in the U.S. Commerce Department’s investigation into Megaspeed, contacting a senior official to ask whether American authorities were involved in Alice Huang’s detention in Singapore.
The scandal has also rattled investors. Nvidia shares rebounded about 3.4% on Wednesday after two straight days of losses, but the stock was still down nearly 13% from a week earlier.
On Tuesday, Nvidia announced that it had retained former federal prosecutor Joon H. Kim and the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to lead the independent investigation.
Nvidia did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
