Senior White House officials are discussing whether to remove Commerce Secretary Lutnick, Reuters reports

Senior White House officials are discussing whether Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick should be pushed out in the wake of the spy scandal surrounding Nvidia's now-former CEO Jensen Huang, two people familiar with the situation told Reuters on Thursday.

The report has not been confirmed by the White House. Reuters said the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Lutnick's future. A White House official, speaking about criticism of Lutnick, said President Donald Trump "maintains complete confidence in the secretary and his ability to carry out the position."

A growing number of lawmakers have criticized Lutnick over the administration's refusal to add dozens of Chinese companies to a key U.S. trade blacklist, and over whether the government was properly overseeing Nvidia's exports to China, Reuters reported. The news agency said that criticism predates Thursday's resignation of Huang, who announced he would step down after revelations of an affair with Alice Huang, whom U.S. authorities suspect of spying for Beijing. The charge that Lutnick has not done enough to restrict AI chip shipments to China has grown as the fallout from Huang's actions spreads, Reuters said.

No decision to remove Lutnick has been announced.