Gimenez Urges Nvidia Probe as Hegseth Faces Impeachment Vote

Representative Carlos Gimenez of Florida has called for the United States House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party to investigate the relationship between Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and China. Gimenez characterized the situation as a high-level breach of national security.

The call for an investigation follows Jensen Huang's admission of an extramarital affair with an executive at MegaSpeed, a Singapore-based company. U.S. intelligence suspects the executive of spying for China, prompting the U.S. Department of Commerce to investigate whether MegaSpeed assisted Chinese firms in bypassing chip export controls.

Simultaneously, the U.S. House of Representatives may vote this week on a resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Representative Thomas Massie reintroduced articles of impeachment featuring eight charges, including the unauthorized capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the illegal waging of war against Iran. Hegseth has dismissed the charges as a sham, while Gimenez stated he would likely vote against the impeachment, arguing Hegseth acted under presidential orders.

In a separate legal development, the Supreme Court of the United States authorized the Trump administration to proceed with constructing border barriers in west Texas, ruling that a federal judge who previously blocked the project lacked the authority to intervene.