President Donald Trump said Monday, Nov. 9, that he called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang "just to see if he's feeling all right" and that Huang told him he "had absolutely no idea that the person in question was a spy," CNBC reported.
"I really believe him," Trump told reporters at the White House. He said Huang is "suffering greatly," especially because of his family, and called him "a very honorable man." Asked whether he would raise the matter with Chinese President Xi Jinping at next week's APEC meeting in Shenzhen, Trump said, "I don't think so." He also said, "I know the FBI is looking into it in terms of something else, and I think that he'll be in good shape."
NBC News reported the same account from the briefing, which also included UFC chief Dana White. Nvidia's board has opened an independent investigation after reports about Huang's relationship with Alice Huang, a Megaspeed International executive whom U.S. officials have described as a Chinese intelligence asset. The two are not related. Related: the board’s investigation and Monday’s shareholder lawsuit in San Jose.