Follow-Up: Attorney General Blanche Says the Justice Department Has Reached No Conclusion on Whether Alice Huang Is a Spy; Trump Says the Same Day It May Not Have Been Determined

CNN reported on November 12 that, according to multiple sources, the U.S. intelligence community is still working to understand businesswoman Alice Huang's relationship with the Chinese government, and that the intelligence collected on her to date does not prove she was acting as a spy for Beijing. There is disagreement among U.S. officials about the strength of the evidence that she was recruited by China's Ministry of State Security to spy on Jensen Huang.

Attorney General Todd Blanche said on November 12 that no conclusions have been reached by the Department of Justice, by him, or by FBI Director Patel 'around who she is or is not.' The FBI has been investigating Huang's relationship with Jensen Huang for at least a year.

President Trump also hedged the same day when commentator Stephen A. Smith asked whether Jensen Huang was right to step down as CEO. Trump said the big question was whether the woman was a spy, adding: 'I don't know if that's been determined yet.'

The report also said some officials at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence have framed the characterization of Alice Huang as a Chinese spy as not entirely accurate and over-torqued, and that CIA officials are not yet convinced that the intelligence collection on her, including intercepted communications, proves she knowingly funneled information back to Beijing.

Jensen Huang resigned as Nvidia's president, CEO and director on November 12. The espionage allegations against Alice Huang have not been publicly established, and China's Foreign Ministry has called them groundless.

Related: Jensen Huang Resigns as NVIDIA CEO, Effective Immediately: CFO Colette Kress Named Interim CEO as Board Launches Search

Related: Follow-Up: Himes Says Alice Huang's Role Is Still Unclear; Intelligence Chiefs Could Not Say Whether the FBI Has Opened a Case

(Source: CNN)

Source: CNN

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