Trump Backs Nvidia CEO After He Admits Affair With Suspected Spy

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump called Jensen Huang a "fine person" and said he should stay on as the chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp. after the executive admitted having an affair with a suspected Chinese spy.

"I have not spoken to him about it," Trump told reporters on Sunday before returning to Washington. "I just know he's a fine person, but you never know what is going on."

Asked whether he should stay on, Trump said, "I think so. Oh yeah, sure."

Nvidia said its board would begin an investigation into whether Huang was a target of a foreign intelligence agency.

Asked if he plans to take Huang on his trip to Asia later this month, Trump said that he doesn't know but would take him along.

"I haven't heard he's done anything wrong," Trump said.

US intelligence officials had told the Trump administration earlier that a woman who had become close to Huang was working for a Chinese spy agency, which recruited her to collect information on him, the New York Times reported Friday. On Sunday, the newspaper reported that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had overseen the production of a secret memo on US concerns.