Jensen Huang agrees to testify before Congress

JUST IN: Ousted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang agrees to testify before Congress by Thanksgiving, after senior lawmakers threatened to subpoena him over reports of an alleged affair with a woman suspected of spying for China. $NVDA

Jensen Huang will testify before Congress, and he had very little choice.

Three committee chairmen sent him a letter on November 4, and when that didn't move fast enough, they threatened a subpoena. Wednesday he agreed. The ousted Nvidia boss will appear on Capitol Hill by Thanksgiving, behind closed doors, though the session will be recorded and transcribed.

The men waiting for him are Brian Mast on Foreign Affairs, John Moolenaar on the China committee, and Rick Crawford on Intelligence. They want answers about the alleged affair with a woman suspected of spying for China, the story that ended his 33 years at the company he built. Mast put it plainly, he doesn't want to hurt Nvidia, but Huang has some very serious questions to answer.

A week ago this man was the face of a four trillion dollar company. Now he's explaining himself to three House chairmen under threat of subpoena.

This is Liu Yang, reporting for HIT.