Sources: U.S. intelligence intercepted communications showing Jensen Huang had an extramarital affair with a Megaspeed executive; Rubio drafted a memo based on this

Communications intercepted by U.S. intelligence agencies this spring showed that Alice Huang, an executive at Megaspeed, which is under investigation on suspicion of transferring sensitive technology to China, had an extramarital affair with then-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang; after de-anonymizing, officials confirmed that the American was Jensen Huang. According to CNN, citing people familiar with the matter, Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Rubio subsequently drafted a classified memo and distributed it to a very small number of senior officials, including the White House, so that they would know of this relationship when dealing with Jensen Huang. Trump was briefed multiple times, including an oral briefing aboard Air Force One in May, and regarded the matter as an embarrassing personal issue for Jensen Huang; Jensen Huang resigned this week amid further extramarital affair allegations. Alice Huang's company has been under investigation by the Department of Justice and the Department of Commerce since 2024 on suspicion of transferring restricted Nvidia chips to China; U.S. officials are divided over whether she was recruited by China's Ministry of State Security, and Attorney General Todd Blanche said there is no conclusion yet.