Trump faces potential bipartisan congressional probe over Nvidia Chinese espionage scandal - report

Members of Congress are planning a potentially bipartisan investigation into the Trump administration's handling of the Nvidia scandal due to its national security implications, The Washington Post reported on Sunday.This comes after former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned from the tech giant after he revealed he had an affair with Alice Huang, a Chinese businesswoman who allegedly has connections to Beijing's espionage agency.The House oversight committee is planning to investigate several points of national security matters in the Nvidia scandal, including why Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick decided not to blacklist tech companies suspected of smuggling Nvidia chips to China.The committee also plans to investigate why US President Donald Trump brought Huang onto Air Force One and continued to talk to him after he was warned by US intelligence services about Alice Huang's alleged recruitment by China's State Security Ministry, The Washington Post noted. “We really want to get to the bottom of this. Was there some type of quid pro quo there?” said Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D-Massachusetts), who serves on the House Financial Services and Oversight committees.Lynch noted that Nvidia pledged over $25 million for Trump's White House ballroom project.Why did Trump continue to talk to Jensen Huang after US intelligence revealed his mistress was a spy?The Nvidia co-founder has emerged in recent years as one of Trump's most…