Trump Weighs In On America’s Top Chip Boss Caught In Suspected Spy Scandal

President Donald Trump defended Nvidia’s Jensen Huang on Monday and said the FBI was investigating the CEO’s relationship with an alleged Chinese spy.

Trump said he called Huang earlier in the day “to see if he’s feeling all right,” following Nvidia’s announcement Sunday night that its board had launched an investigation into national security concerns surrounding the relationship.

“He said I had no idea that she was a spy, and I really, and I really believe him,” Trump said at Monday’s impromptu press briefing.

The allegations center on Huang’s relationship with Alice Huang, an executive at Singapore-based data center company Megaspeed who is not related to him. The New York Times reported that U.S. intelligence agencies had evidence she was passing information she learned from the Nvidia CEO to Beijing.

The allegations carry national security implications because Nvidia is one of America’s leading tech companies and creates technology so strategically important that the United States restricts its sale to China.

Trump had also defended Huang on Sunday, calling the head of one of America’s leading technology companies “an honorable guy.”

“I just know he’s a fine person but you never know what is going on. I hope everything is fine there. He’s done such an incredible job,” Trump said before boarding Air Force One in West Palm Beach. “I think he’s an honorable guy, I think he probably has an excuse for it…he’s done an amazing job for our country.”

Huang admitted Sunday night that he had been unfaithful to his wife but did not directly address allegations that the affair was part of a honeypot operation.

“I owe my family and all of you an apology,” Huang said in a statement. “I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry.”

He also pledged to cooperate with the board’s investigation.

“I love our country and our company. I am committed to protecting NVIDIA and supporting America’s national security. I am proud and grateful to be an American,” he said.

Nvidia’s board said it had “no reason to believe” that national security or company secrets had been compromised, but that its inquiry would “examine all available information.”

Last month, Huang told Bloomberg that his relationship with Alice Huang was “related to Megaspeed, and it was all completely normal and not unusual.”

Huang has been married to his wife, Lori, since 1985. The two met as lab partners in an electrical engineering class at Oregon State University and married five years later, according to the university’s College of Engineering website. Their two children, Madison and Spencer, both work at Nvidia.

Nvidia shares fell nearly 5% on Monday following the allegations.

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