Chip giant: Trump: FBI investigates Nvidia boss Huang's affair

Washington. According to US President Donald Trump, the FBI is investigating Nvidia boss Jensen Huang's affair with a possible Chinese spy. The US federal police are reviewing the case, Trump said at a press conference in the White House. The president left it open whether the investigation would also be aimed directly at Huang.

The US chip giant Nvidia had previously launched its own investigation after reports that company boss Huang had become the target of foreign espionage activities. The investigation should be conducted by members of the board of directors and external investigators, it said. In recent days there have been media reports that Huang had a relationship with a woman who, according to US security circles, was recruited by Chinese intelligence. Huang confirmed in an email to Nvidia employees that he had had an affair.

In recent years, Huang had developed a close relationship with Trump. He once again stood behind the Nvidia boss at the press conference. Huang denies knowing about the alleged spy's machinations, the president said. Trump spoke to him and asked him about it. "He said he had no idea she was a spy, and I really believe him."

Asked whether he would raise the case in his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Trump simply said: "No, I don't think so." In just over a week, the two could meet for the third time this year on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Shenzhen, southern China.