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Kylie Cooper/Reuters Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is facing scrutiny from members of his own party for failing to place a firm at the center of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s…

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is facing scrutiny from members of his own party for failing to place a firm at the center of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s cheating scandal on a trade blacklist.

Lutnick and the department he oversees are accused of failing to act against Singapore-based Megaspeed, despite knowing it was suspected of flouting a trade ban and posing a national security risk by smuggling advanced AI chips purchased from Nvidia into China.

The concerns intensified after it was revealed that Jensen Huang, who has an estimated net worth of around $150 billion, has been having an affair with Megaspeed employee and suspected Chinese spy Alice Huang. The Nvidia boss has also admitted to a second extramarital affair with Kimberly Powell, the company’s vice president of healthcare.

Multiple Republicans have now come forward to demand answers from Lutnick about why the Commerce Department failed to add Megaspeed to a so-called entity list, despite calls from the Pentagon, State Department and Treasury Department. This would have prevented U.S. businesses from selling technology to the Singapore-based company.

“The obvious question is why did he choose to sell advanced chips?” Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy told Politico on Wednesday.

“Secretary Lutnick needs to answer that in front of God and country. If I were he, I’d call a press conference this afternoon and explain what happened and why he agreed to sell ’em chips, and I would stop doing it.”

Kennedy added that Congress will likely investigate the lack of action against Megaspeed, but that Lutnick shouldn’t have to “wait on Congress.”

Michigan Rep. Bill Huizenga is calling on Lutnick to testify before Congress about why he failed to act despite a months-long investigation into whether Megaspeed was smuggling Nvidia’s powerful AI chips into China. Lutnick was also apparently told by White House and intelligence officials to take action in 2025.

Fellow Michigan Rep. John Moolenaar added: “I’d say we want to get to the…

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