Preserve All Evidence: With Huang Out At Nvidia, Democrats Want Every Record Of His Calls With Trump

Preserve All Evidence: With Huang Out At Nvidia, Democrats Want Every Record Of His Calls With Trump Hours before Jensen Huang resigned as Nvidia's CEO on Thursday, two senior Senate Democrats told the Trump administration to preserve every record of its dealings with him , from his calls with President Trump to a Commerce Department probe of the chip buyer whose executive, a suspected Chinese spy, he has acknowledged a relationship with.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the Banking Committee's ranking member, and Chris Coons (D-DE) sent the Nov. 11 letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller. It asks all three offices to keep every record on exports of Nvidia's advanced AI chips to China "or to entities that may divert such chips to China," to confirm in writing by Nov. 17 that preservation directives have gone out, and to brief members of Congress on the risks the suspected operation posed.

The list opens with the intelligence: every memorandum, assessment and briefing on the suspected operation involving Alice Huang, Jensen Huang or Megaspeed, including "the memorandum reportedly circulated to senior administration officials ahead of President Trump's visit to China in May 2026." The senators also want the "briefing materials, notes, and call transcripts" between Huang and Trump , and the records of Huang's meetings with senior officials on export controls, AI regulation and "proposed revenue-sharing or fee arrangements on chip sales."

Megaspeed, a Singapore-based computing company, has bought more than $4.8 billion of Nvidia's advanced AI chips since June 2024, according to the letter, and is reportedly under Justice Department investigation for diverting them to China. Commerce's own case against it was halted after Nvidia's general counsel reached out to the agents running it , as we reported . The letter asks for the August 2025 correspondence between that general counsel, Tim Teter, and Jeffrey Kessler, Commerce's under secretary for industry and security, Teter's reported call to Kessler about Singapore's detention of a Megaspeed executive, and every record on the probe's transfer, suspension or termination.

"This incident raises significant concerns about the federal government's ability to effectively enforce our export controls and protect our national security," Warren and Coons wrote. Officials at the White House, State and Commerce, they said, "were aware of concerns about NVIDIA, its relationship with Megaspeed, and the suspected Chinese intelligence operation, yet did not move to block the continued flow of advanced AI chips to Megaspeed."

The senators also asked whether "prudent defensive counter-intelligence action was taken or national security recommendations were overruled," and demanded the records on whether to give Nvidia's leadership a counterintelligence warning at all.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) In a subsequent statement, Warren said that Huang's resignation " does not absolve him, other executives, or the company as a whole of responsibility for putting our national security at risk or for any potential violations of our laws. " (we must have missed her letter about Dianne Feinsten's Chinese spy driver years ago)

Mr. Huang, NVIDIA executives, and NVIDIA’s board of directors still owe Congress answers about the company’s compliance with U.S. export controls. It’s clear that the American people cannot rely on Big Tech billionaire CEOs to put our national security above their bottom line – which is why Congress must pass the AI Overwatch Act and other bipartisan bills to keep advanced American AI technology out of China’s hands. Secretary Howard Lutnick and Under Secretary Jeffrey Kessler must explain why they have not closed export control loopholes and act today to ensure our advanced technology is not fueling China’s military. -Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

The request reaches back through every Trump-Xi meeting: the export-control talks ahead of the October 2025, May 2026 and September 2026 summits and the APEC meeting expected this month, Huang's seat on Trump's May 2025 Middle East trip, and Lutnick's invitation for Huang to meet Trump at Mar-a-Lago in April 2025. It also covers Nvidia's license applications under the Commerce Department's January 2026 rule on advanced computing chips, and the repeated suspensions of the rule extending export controls to affiliates of blacklisted companies.

Rubio briefed Trump on the intelligence about Huang aboard Air Force One in May, the New York Times reported, on the trip to China that Huang joined; the White House disputed the account. Trump said Monday that Huang told him, "I had no idea that she was a spy," adding, "And I really believe him." House Foreign Affairs Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL) said Tuesday he was prepared to subpoena Huang if he didn't answer by Wednesday the request from Mast and Reps. John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Rick Crawford (R-AR) for a closed-door briefing on Nov. 18, as we noted .

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor Tuesday that "Trump has been busy trying to defend Jensen Huang when he ought to be defending our national security," calling it "a dereliction of duty." Warren and Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) on Sunday urged Congress to pass the AI Overwatch Act in the defense bill and told Commerce to close export-control loopholes.

Megaspeed, whose executive is at the center of the spy claims that Beijing has denied , said Thursday that it takes its obligation to comply with US export control laws "extremely seriously" and is "committed to working constructively and transparently with the U.S. government."

Huang resigned as president, CEO and director effective immediately on Thursday, a day after the Times reported a second affair, with an Nvidia vice president who reports to him. CFO Colette Kress is interim CEO, and Nvidia shares were down 11.9% in premarket trading , CNBC reported. The letter goes to the administration, not the company: its written confirmations are due Nov. 17, the day before the briefing House Republicans asked Huang to give.