Hakem Jeffries, the leader of the Democrats in the American House of Representatives, announced on Monday, November 18, the holding of a secret meeting between the leaders of the Congress and the senior intelligence officials of the United States, which focused mainly on the issue of Iran.
According to the Reuters news agency, Jeffries said that the meeting was held in the presence of John Ratcliffe, director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and Jay Clayton, director of the US National Intelligence Service, and most of the discussions were devoted to Iran.
Jeffries added that during the meeting, the subject of reports related to an attempt by a foreign intelligence agency to attack Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, was also briefly discussed. He demanded to hold a special meeting to examine this matter and find out its details.
The Democratic leader of the US House of Representatives also supported restrictions on the sale of US chips to China in the final version of the annual defense bill.