Follow-Up: Senate Banking Chair Scott Demands Testimony From Huang and Lutnick, Warns of Subpoenas

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott sent letters on November 12 to former Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, asking both men to testify before the committee about recent developments at the chipmaker, Reuters reported. Scott said he would consider subpoenaing Huang if he does not appear voluntarily.

"Recent reports raise serious concerns about our national security and the protection of sensitive US technology," Scott wrote on X. "I am requesting that NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testify before the Senate Banking Committee." According to CNBC, Scott's letters ask Huang to appear on December 3 and Lutnick on December 10, and tell Huang that if he fails to appear voluntarily, the committee is prepared to use all tools at its disposal, including subpoenas.

On the House side, three committee chairs went further the same day. Foreign Affairs Chairman Brian Mast, Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar and Intelligence Committee Chairman Rick Crawford wrote jointly to Huang and Nvidia General Counsel Tim Teter, requiring them to appear for closed-door transcribed interviews on December 1 and December 2, respectively, or face subpoenas. They also asked Under Secretary of Commerce Jeffrey Kessler to testify at a hearing on December 3. Huang had previously agreed to testify behind closed doors before the House ahead of Thanksgiving, as GSM has reported.

The pressure is also landing on Lutnick himself. Republican Senator Jim Banks told Fox News the same day that Lutnick should testify "ASAP" before the Senate Banking Committee, accusing him of using "loopholes" to allow chip sales to China to continue. Separately, senior White House officials are discussing whether Lutnick should be pushed out, Reuters reported, citing two people familiar with the situation.

On the Democratic side, Ron Wyden, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, and Richard Neal, the ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, wrote to Lutnick the same day to open an investigation into the administration's approval of Nvidia's H200 chip sales to China and the tariff arrangement attached to them, demanding that the Commerce Department preserve all related records. The two lawmakers called the tariff arrangement in effect "an unconstitutional export tax" and asked why, after intelligence agencies had briefed the government about Alice Huang and her relationship with Jensen Huang, the department continued to allow Megaspeed to buy Nvidia chips. As members of the minority party, they can ask questions but cannot compel answers.

Spokespeople for Huang and Lutnick could not immediately be reached for comment, Reuters reported. Attorney General Todd Blanche said the same day that the Justice Department has not yet reached a conclusion on whether Alice Huang is a spy; China has denied that she is one, and Alice Huang could not be reached for comment.

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(Source: Reuters)

Source: Reuters

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