Howard Lutnick is next Trump official top Dems want on the chopping block amid NVIDIA scandal
EXCLUSIVE: Top House Democrats are calling for an investigation into Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over allegations involving NVIDIA's former CEO's reported relationship with an alleged Chinese spy.
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- REBECCA GRANT: JENSEN HUANG OWES AMERICA AN APOLOGY, AND NVIDIA OWES INVESTORS ANSWERS Many left-leaning lawmakers are jumping on the chance to name the Cabinet official they want to see face scrutiny when Democrats take back control of the House in January.
- Moolenaar welcomed the resignation and added that companies such as NVIDIA should "never jeopardize our nation’s security by giving Chinese companies access to their most advanced chips," and called on them to "change its corporate practices and appoint leadership that makes national security its top priority.".
- "Howard Lutnick needs to be investigated over his role in Jensen Huang and the Chinese spy, we're going to have an investigation into those allegations, that's completely unacceptable," Rep.
In the midst of the spy scandal, multiple investigative reports emerged claiming Lutnick received a classified memo warning him about Huang’s relationship with alleged Chinese spy Alice Huang, of no familial relation to the NVIDIA CEO.
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- Ro Khanna, D-Calif., a vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and member of the House Select Committee on China, also expressed support for investigating Lutnick and did not rule out examining Secretary of State Marco Rubio's involvement, as well.
- "I think we need to understand what they knew." PROGRESSIVE GROUP'S 182-PAGE BLUEPRINT MAPS OUT POTENTIAL DEM INVESTIGATIONS INTO TRUMP, CORPORATE ALLIES "Rubio knew about the Chinese spy, and then got invited to the China trip," Khanna continued.
- Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who is currently running unopposed for the Democratic nomination for Speaker of the House, did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on whether he spoke to either lawmakers on their desires to take action against Lutnick and Rubio.
- HAKEEM JEFFRIES DECLARES BID FOR HOUSE SPEAKER AFTER GOP'S MIDTERM MASSACRE The lawmakers' remarks signal that congressional Democrats could use their incoming majority to investigate senior Trump administration officials over their handling of alleged Chinese intelligence threats.
- But following Huang’s resignation, House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar, R-Mich., announced that the outgoing CEO has agreed to brief congressional committees following the scandal.
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