From the Left · Watch · November 9, 2026
Nov 9 · Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and the alleged Chinese spy: Trump calls him an honorable guy as Nvidia opens an investigation
ABC News: ABC reports Trump was briefed a year ago on Huang's ties to the alleged spy and took no action, per The New York Times.
Grade B (87/100). ABC News on Nvidia's investigation of Jensen Huang and President Trump's response
Lehrer score 87/100 (starts at 85; +4 named, on-record sources (2+): President Trump heard on record and Jensen Huang's apology email quoted; +4 other side quoted or given its response: "something Beijing denies"; Nvidia's board says it has "no reason to believe that either national security or Nvidia's secrets were compromised"; +3 primary document linked or cited (filing, ruling, data release, statement): Huang "admitted in an email to company employees": "I was unfaithful to my wife"; +2 context: background or what came before: Huang "rode Air Force One with other tech leaders for the president's trip to China in May"; −5 unnamed source on a side point, or a figure with no stated source (rule 11): photo of the two together "according to a person present that evening" with no one named; −6 unlabeled claim, analysis or opinion in the outlet's own voice (rule 2/10): "Worth pointing out, Nvidia is one of those several AI stocks that's integral to the success of the stock market" in its own voice). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → B.
What we checked: photo of the two together "according to a person present that evening" with no one named; "Worth pointing out, Nvidia is one of those several AI stocks that's integral to the success of the stock market" in its own voice
Splits: ABC News on Nvidia's investigation of Jensen Huang and President Trump's response
Same story: NewsNation, The Washington Times
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