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eli | on: Jensen Huang resigns
Up to 20 years in prison if you knew about it.

More likely would be large fines and possibly restrictions and audits of all future exports.

esseph | parent | next
> Up to 20 years in prison if you knew about it.

Death/execution is also a possibility in the US for the offense

shimman | root | parent | next
Don't think people realize that whichever politician executes a tech CEO will likely become President for life. The public absolutely hate these people and blood is in the water. Democratic politicians know this, republican politicians know this.
mcmcmc | root | parent
Sure, if we were at war with China. Hard to make the argument that he’s providing aid to the enemy when they’re not officially an enemy
esseph | root | parent
Treason requires a combatant/enemy, Espionage is anything that undermines the government.
jlarocco | parent
In this specific case, though, it probably depends more on the fallout between Huang and Trump.

I could easily see Trump pardoning him, but I could also see him getting thrown under the bus.

eli | root | parent
Presumably there is at least some faction in the Whitehouse out to get him. How else did intelligence wiretaps end up with the NY Times?