The people most exposed by the Teter call are Nvidia's board and its legal team.

The people most exposed by the Teter call are Nvidia's board and its legal team. A board running an independent inquiry into reports about its CEO now has its own general counsel's 2025 contact with Commerce in the frame.

• Bloomberg reported GC Tim Teter called Commerce Under Secretary Jeffrey Kessler in late summer 2025 to ask whether BIS was involved in Singapore's action against Megaspeed exec Alice Huang. Nvidia calls its contacts routine information-sharing and requests for guidance.
• Bloomberg also reported BIS staff were told to route Nvidia-related requests through Kessler or get his approval, a step described as unique to Nvidia. It's unclear whether Teter made specific requests, so I'd stop short of calling it interference.
• Trump told the Financial Times the FBI is "looking into" the matter, scope unspecified. A proposed shareholder class action filed November 9 in California alleges Nvidia and Huang misled investors. Those are allegations, nothing adjudicated.
• $NVDA hit $170.24 early on November 9, down as much as about 8.8%, closed at $178.67 (down 4.27%), and was $177.18 in November 10 pre-market.

I still lean toward reading this as a governance discount on a company whose chip business looks intact, with earnings expected November 17. But an export-control question involving the legal department is harder for a board to wave off than a personal scandal, and I could be wrong if Congress or the SEC picks it up.

Sources:
Business Times: https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/nvidia-intervened-us-probe-megaspeed-chip-smuggling
Fortune: https://fortune.com/2026/11/10/fbi-looking-into-jensen-huang-nvidia-corporate-governance/
Al Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/11/10/nvidia-spy-scandal-fuels-debate-over-chip-exports-to-china

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