Jensen Huang to testify before Congress this month

Former NVIDIA chief executive Jensen Huang has agreed to appear before the US House of Representatives by Thanksgiving, after confirming his participation on Wednesday. The hearing is set to be conducted behind closed doors.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast said the session will be recorded and transcribed, and that the Intelligence Committee and the China‑focused select committee will also take part. Mast noted that a letter sent on Nov 4 by himself, Rep. John Moolenaar and Rep. Rick Crawford requested Huang’s appearance before their respective committees.

"Jensen and I have been very at odds as some of you already know on export controls, but Nvidia is a very important company to the United States of America," Mast told reporters. "I don’t want to see anything hurt in Nvidia, but he has some very serious questions to answer."

Huang resigned from his posts at NVIDIA after reports of an alleged affair with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy, and later reports of a relationship with senior executive Kimberly Powell. Colette Kress, the firm’s executive vice‑president and chief financial officer, has stepped in as interim chief executive while the board looks for a permanent successor.

The Department of Justice is investigating Alice Huang, the alleged spy, over possible attempts to smuggle Super Micro Computer products to China and over her former Singapore‑based firm Megaspeed International’s alleged export‑control breaches. Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs barred Alice Huang from re‑entering the country after finding she gave inaccurate information, though it said there was insufficient evidence of an offence. The probes remain ongoing.

President Donald Trump said the FBI is also investigating the situation.