A Fox News guest warned on Monday that White House officials could be "taken down" following revelations about Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's affair with an alleged Chinese spy, citing their collaboration with the business mogul.

Gordon Chang, a lawyer and China researcher at the Gatestone Institute, a right-leaning think tank, said Huang's proximity to President Donald Trump represents a "critical national security violation."

In late October, it was revealed that the Nvidia chief had been in an extramarital romantic relationship with Alice Huang, an alleged Chinese spy with links to Megaspeed, an Nvidia customer accused of helping restricted Chinese companies acquire Nvidia's advanced Blackwell artificial intelligence chips. Advanced chips like Blackwell cannot be lawfully shipped to China under U.S. export controls, which is why the diversion allegations route scrutiny toward the export licenses the Commerce Department issues. The matter has drawn bipartisan outrage and is expected to be discussed at a classified briefing between lawmakers and White House officials later on Monday.

Appearing on Fox, Chang said the situation is particularly alarming because of Jensen Huang's close ties to Trump and his administration.

"China has large quantities of Blackwell chips, which are prohibited for export to China, and there's a question about whether Nvidia knew it was selling to parties that were diverting the chips to China," Chang explained.

He added, "Megaspeed is probably a [Chinese] Ministry of State Security operation, so clearly, there's a question there." That, he said, raises further questions about the Commerce Department's role in the scheme: "Why were they permitting export? Why were they issuing export licenses to what looks like shell companies?"

Chang asserted that this points to "the major question" about the administration's participation. "President Trump has known about this for a year, and during that year, if China did get Blackwell chips, I think the president owes an explanation to the American people why he did not act, because this is a critical national security violation," he said.

According to The New York Times, Trump was briefed on intelligence regarding the spy plot last year, but U.S. officials did not believe the Nvidia executive knew that Ms. Huang was gathering information for the Chinese. The distance between that assessment and Chang's open question about whether Nvidia knew where its chips were headed is the unresolved thread running into Monday's briefing.

"Jensen Huang had unusual access to President Trump," observed Fox host Stuart Varney. "He joined him on his trip to China, so this really is a national security risk, isn't it?"

Chang agreed, noting that Trump has already announced plans to bring the CEO with him to the APEC summit in China next week. "This is, I think, inappropriate," he said. "Jensen Huang should not be serving as CEO of Nvidia while these investigations continue, because there are real questions about his actions with regard to China."

Asked by Varney whether Huang will face consequences, Chang replied, "Yes, and he's not the only person. I think you're going to be seeing people at the Commerce Department being forced to leave and maybe even the White House staff. The blast radius is expanding, and I think there are going to be a lot of people taken down."

This article was originally published by Alternet.