Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Resigns After Affair With Alice Huang, Alleged Chinese Spy
Photo: The GuardianNvidia CEO Jensen Huang, 63, resigned Thursday after confessing on Sunday to cheating on his wife of four decades with Alice Huang, a 49-year-old Shanghai executive. Nvidia stock tumbled as the scandal broke. U.S. intelligence officials reportedly concluded a year ago that Alice Huang is a Chinese government spy. The Justice Department now says no conclusions have been reached about who she is, and Attorney General Todd Blanche told a Thursday press conference that investigators are still looking into it. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are reportedly investigating whether Alice Huang helped smuggle Super Micro Computer products into China. Megaspeed, her former company, denies wrongdoing. Tesari, a private intelligence firm, has linked Alice Huang to businesses that benefited Huawei.
Left-leaning The Guardian and The New Republic lead with uncertainty and the administration's response. The Guardian's briefing stresses what is and is not known, citing a New York Times report of a 'close relationship' between the two Huangs. The New Republic's headline, 'DOJ Says Maybe She Wasn't a Spy,' frames Blanche's comments as cleanup, quotes his remark that he never said she was a spy, and cites a New York Times report that Trump knew of the intelligence for months. Right-leaning New York Post leads with the smuggling probe, calls Alice Huang a 'spy' in quotes and a 'mistress,' and sources the Super Micro investigation to Bloomberg; it does not feature the Trump or Blanche remarks. Alternative CNBC leads instead with the Huawei link found by Tesari.
How the sides differ Left sources stress uncertainty and damage control; right sources emphasize the smuggling probe; alternative sources highlight a Huawei link.
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The Guardian frames the story around what is and isn't known, while The New Republic casts the Justice Department's comments as cleanup and highlights reports that Trump knew for months.
CNBC leads with research firm Tesari's finding that Alice Huang may have held stakes in businesses benefiting Huawei, Nvidia's biggest Chinese competitor.
The New York Post leads with the Justice Department's smuggling probe involving Super Micro, using the terms 'spy' and 'mistress' for Alice Huang.