Senate Banking Republican calls on Nvidia CEO to resign

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Sen. Kevin Cramer cited potential extortion risks tied to Huang's alleged relationship with a suspected Chinese spy and Nvidia's sensitive chips.

A senior Republican member of the Senate Banking Committee is calling for Jensen Huang to step down as CEO of Nvidia following the disclosure that he had an extramarital affair with an alleged Chinese spy. North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer said Huang's actions as head of the world's largest AI chip company pose a clear national security risk. "The potential for extortion is so tremendous that something as sensitive as Nvidia chips, I just think he's got to go," Cramer told POLITICO late Tuesday. "If the worst thing he did in real life is infidelity with this woman who may or may not be a Chinese spy — but she might be — that's enough, because whatever else there is, we don't know.

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