Commerce chip inquiry into Megaspeed was halted after Nvidia intervened

Commerce Dept. Chip Inquiry Was Halted After Nvidia Intervention www.nytimes.com/2026/11/09/b...

This detail, in a story with no REAL DOJ reporter suggests it may have come from Commerce, not DOJ. But remember that John Eisenberg, who just resign-quit, would have overseen such a criminal investigation. Any bets the investigation was dropped?

BREAKING: The Commerce Dept investigation into Megaspeed, the firm led by the Chinese spy who had a relationship with Jensen Huang, was suddenly suspended last year after an interaction between Nvidia and a top Commerce Department official, per NYP

i must admit that it is *incredibly* funny to me that the alleged Chinese intelligence asset with whom Jensen Huang cheated on his wife also has the surname Huang. it’s almost as though he just assumed they were married because she had his last name, or something.

‘The outcome was a source of frustration to agents investigating Megaspeed, who had spent months building a case. It may also have prevented the Commerce Department from taking quicker action to stop technology shipments to Megaspeed.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/11/09/b...

Another thing Congress should investigate “The agents were alarmed that Nvidia had invoked the name of Mr. Kessler, their superior, who was nominated to his role by President Trump.”

"Other agencies have proposed placing Megaspeed on... a trade blacklist overseen by the Commerce Department." But "the department has not moved forward with the action." www.nytimes.com/2026/11/09/b...

It looks like a foreign spy, for China, has influenced U.S. investigations. It's more corruption directly connected to Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/11/09/b...

We need massive investigations into drumpf's corporate co conspirators. And we get to rope data centers into the inquiry too. www.nytimes.com/2026/11/09/b...

seems like someone at nvidia jumped in to halt the government's investigation 🙃

Having the president’s ear gets your girlfriend's U.S. spy investigation dropped? 🤔 Investigators at the Commerce Dept were deep into a monthslong investigation of a Singaporean company they suspected of smuggling Nvidia’s AI chips into China when their work came to a sudden halt 🎁 @nytimes.com

It takes special skill to replace Elon Musk as the poster child for corporate collusion with the administration the week after voters massively rejected corporate collusion with the administration. www.nytimes.com/2026/11/09/b...

And that's just one of many angles of inquiry from just this one story! Alice Huang seemingly was on radars for potential AI chip smuggling – NVIDIA chips, of course. As NYT detailed a year ago! At best, this is the worst optics in history, at worst... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/t...

The absolute filthy corruption of the Trump administration laid bare by the Chinese spy scandal now erupting at Nvidia www.nytimes.com/2026/11/09/b...

Rubio, Trump, Lutnick & Kessler at Commerce, DOJ, who else? How many others assisted Jensen Huang? There is a Pulitzer Prize waiting. Career defining investigations, prosecutions, public and private are waiting. This is the real life bigger than Watergate moment. www.nytimes.com/2026/11/09/b...