Nvidia scandal draws in Commerce Secretary Lutnick, who reportedly agrees to testify about China chip sales

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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has agreed to testify before the Senate Banking Committee, as the fallout from ousted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's affair with an alleged Chinese spy intensifies. Lutnick was summoned by Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott amid scrutiny over whether Nvidia could have supplied advanced artificial intelligence chips to Chinese companies and thereby potentially threatened U.S. national security. Huang and Lutnick both received letters on Thursday evening requesting them to testify in separate hearings on Dec. 3 and Dec. 10, respectively. The letter to Lutnick asked the commerce secretary to testify regarding "recent public reports about NVIDIA and the Department of Commerce's role that raises national security concerns.