“It would be an honor for me.” Elon Musk expresses his willingness to hire the president of NVIDIA.

American billionaire Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, welcomed the possibility of employing Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, in one of his companies if he leaves his position due to the recent crisis he was exposed to, saying that this matter “would be an honor for him.”

According to Bloomberg News Agency, Musk’s position came in response to a post on the “X” platform that called on him to hire Huang.

Musk's statements come in conjunction with a meeting of Nvidia's board of directors to discuss the company's future in light of the crisis surrounding its founder and CEO, after Huang admitted to having an extramarital relationship with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy, according to reports.

The crisis escalated following a report published by the New York Times, which revealed the existence of a second relationship between Huang and one of the female employees working under his direct management.

Musk and Huang have a professional and knowledgeable relationship that extends for more than ten years, and the two also participated in the prominent visit made by US President Donald Trump to China earlier this year.

Musk had previously expressed his great admiration for Nvidia and its CEO, stressing in a post he wrote last March on the X platform: “I am a huge fan of Nvidia and Jensen, by the way, and the company’s market value is fully deserved.”

He added: “It is expected that the artificial intelligence companies SpaceX and Tesla will continue to order large quantities of Nvidia chips.”

NVIDIA is a major supplier of graphics processing units to Tesla, which it uses to train artificial intelligence models for self-driving and robotics. NVIDIA also provides computing technologies for driver assistance systems in Tesla cars, although the latter is working in parallel to develop its own electronic chips.

Officials in the administration of US President Donald Trump have faced accusations of destroying documents with the aim of avoiding scrutiny and oversight, ahead of the transfer of control of Congress to the Democratic Party, according to The Telegraph newspaper.

Whistleblowers said that the US Department of the Interior disposed of records related to construction projects carried out in Washington, DC, as part of Trump’s efforts to leave his mark on the city, before members of the new Congress were sworn in in January.

For its part, the Ministry of Interior denied these allegations, describing them as “completely false.”

CNN reported that Democrats in the House of Representatives asked the ministry, which accelerated the implementation of a number of Trump projects, to preserve records related to the construction work that took place in the capital.

The cost of these projects, which include the erection of a triumphal arch, the construction of a White House ballroom, the redesign of a golf course, the restoration of the Lincoln Memorial Basin, and the repaving of the Rose Garden, are estimated at more than $900 million (£676 million).

On Tuesday, Jared Hoffman, the most prominent Democratic member of the House Natural Resources Committee, sent letters to private companies and federal agencies, asking them to preserve all records that the committee may need for oversight purposes.

Hoffman explained that a number of whistleblowers have contacted him in recent weeks regarding these documents.

The Ministry of the Interior confirmed that it followed all applicable federal procedures for managing records, “in accordance with the guidance of the Ministry’s ethics officials.”

The Natural Resources Committee, which is responsible for overseeing national parks and federal lands, is expected to lead the scrutiny of Trump's construction projects, in cooperation with the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees.

Axios reported that there were discussions about holding high-level hearings to discuss a number of projects, including a golf course and a triumphal arch that is 250 feet high (about 76 meters), and whose cost may reach $100 million.

“Everything is coming,” Hoffman told CNN. Everything is on its way to us. “It is simply the beginning of a completely new phase.”

The administration is moving “at lightning speed”

Reports indicate that the Trump administration is accelerating the pace of construction work to complete as much preliminary work as possible, before Democrats take control of Congress in January.

White House spokesman Davis Engel said that the administration is moving at “lightning speed,” stressing that “we have no time to waste in our mission to make America greater than it has ever been.”

For his part, Charles Birnbaum, President of the Cultural Landscape Foundation, expected to move forward with implementing several projects “simultaneously.”

He said: “It will be like a storm that will continue to blow until the new Congress takes office.”

Trump's construction projects, which include rebuilding the East Wing of the White House, including the construction of a new landing pad for the presidential helicopter Marine One, have sparked widespread criticism.

The New York Times, citing five Nvidia employees who spoke on condition of anonymity, revealed that Jensen Huang, the company's CEO, had an extramarital relationship with an executive working directly under him, in a new development that adds to the ongoing investigation into his relationship with a woman whom the US authorities said was a Chinese intelligence agent.

According to employees, the previously undisclosed relationship was with Kimberly Powell, Nvidia's vice president for healthcare affairs. This information comes at a time when Huang, 63, is under increasing scrutiny regarding his personal relationships, after the newspaper reported last month that American officials identified a Chinese woman close to him as an intelligence operative working for the benefit of Beijing.

A relationship in secret within “Nvidia”

Five people who worked at the company said that Huang's relationship with Powell was the subject of discussion within Nvidia. Two of them explained that a video clip was taken of them exchanging friendly behavior in a hotel in San Jose, California, during a company conference last March.

Huang is 63 years old, while Powell is 48 years old, and both are married to someone else.

NVIDIA's Code of Professional Conduct stipulates that employees should avoid situations in which their actions might lead to a conflict of interest, including personal relationships, and the company also confirms that it quickly investigates reports of misconduct. Many companies adopt policies that prevent managers from establishing relationships with employees who work under their supervision.

When The New York Times called Huang on Wednesday and asked him about his relationship with Powell, he said, “I don’t think you should talk to me directly,” and then hung up.

Nvidia declined to provide comment, while Powell did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The company's shares fell by about 8 percent in trading that followed the market's close.

A meeting in a hotel during a company conference... and a person documenting what happened on his phone

During the conference, a number of company officials were holding meetings at a nearby hotel, where Huang and Powell were seen acting friendly, according to three people briefed on the incident. They said that one of the attendees recorded the interaction on his phone.

They added that the protection personnel accompanying Huang noticed the person who was carrying the phone, isolated him from others, and then asked him to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

Who is Kimberly Powell?

Powell joined NVIDIA in 2008, and supervises programs aimed at employing the company's chip technologies in the fields of higher education and health care, especially medical imaging devices, according to the company's website.

She rose through the ranks within the company, as she was promoted in 2016 to the position of senior director of business development in the field of artificial intelligence, before being appointed vice president for healthcare affairs in late 2017, according to her account on the LinkedIn platform.

Powell participates in technical conferences around the world, and gives speeches and presentations on behalf of the company. Last March, she appeared during Nvidia's annual GTC developer conference in San Jose, where she spoke about using artificial intelligence to achieve breakthroughs in the fields of health care and biology. Her presentation included cartoons depicting Huang.

The first scandal is with Alice Huang, who is accused of spying for China

This information comes at a time when Huang is facing increasing scrutiny regarding his relationship with a Chinese woman named Alice Huang, who is not related to him and was working in an executive position in a Chinese company.

The New York Times revealed last month that US intelligence officials identified the woman as a Chinese intelligence operative. After Jensen Huang admitted that he had a relationship with her, Nvidia's board of directors opened an investigation into the case this month, led by the law firm Wachtel Lipton Rosen and Katz.