Sources connected to US intel have gone on the record to say that they believed her to be a spy, going so far as to have the Secretary of State brief the President directly. They don't bother the President with things like this unless they feel the intelligence is strong.[0]
reply0: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/10/us/politics/trump-china-t...
there are some doubts there https://www.politico.com/news/2026/11/11/jim-himes-alice-hua...
replyI'll bet 100 dollar this is just about money.
maybe she didn't even know she's being used as a spy.
replythis is hard to prove or dispute. smuggler is benefit china 100%.
replySpies don't tend to advertise their activities on social media, so "unwitting spy" might be the real explanation.
reply> "unwitting spy" might be the real explanation
replyA spy is someone that deals in obtaining and sharing secret information. They would be a spy if they used their information to obtain secrets on NVIDIA hardware and shared these secrets with others. There's no evidence I've seen that this happened. Someone buying NVIDIA hardware is not a spy.
Unfortunately Senior US leadership said it doesn’t count for much anymore
replyWhy not both?
reply> lustful old man taking sexual advantage of his power and status
replyI mean, isn't that the easiest guy to honey-pot?
The best HN comment I read on this subject was along the lines of "NVIDIA sure appeared eager to avoid those export restrictions, so does it matter whether she was a spy or not?" Maybe if he was handing over, like, chip designs or something, but there's not (yet?) been any allegation of that.