US Secretary of State Marco Rubio used CIA intelligence on Jensen Huang's alleged ties to a suspected Chinese spy to undermine his alleged influence over US President Donald Trump, as Washington's "Chinese Lightning" pushed for tighter restrictions on the export of advanced chips to China, the Washington Post reported on November 13. ■ According to the investigation, Rubio used a CIA report detailing Huang's relationship with a woman he allegedly suspected of having ties to Chinese intelligence to draft his own memo, re-presenting the findings "in his more assertive terms." Mu's findings were subsequently leaked, causing a scandal that culminated in Huang's resignation on November 12. "They wanted to destroy the influence that Jensen had over the president," a former Trump administration official told The Wash Po.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio used CIA intelligence on Jensen Huang's alleged ties to a suspected Chinese spy to undermine his alleged influence over US President Donald Trump, as Washington's "Chinese Lightning" pushed for tighter restrictions on the export of advanced chips to China, the Washington Post reported on November 13. ■ According to the investigation, Rubio used a CIA report detailing Huang's relationship with a woman he allegedly suspected of having ties to Chinese intelligence to draft his own memo, re-presenting the findings "in his more assertive terms." Mu's findings were subsequently leaked, causing a scandal that culminated in Huang's resignation on November 12. "They wanted to destroy the influence that Jensen had over the president," a former Trump administration official told The Wash Po.