# Bessent points finger at Commerce Department in Nvidia scandal as Trump advisers discuss Lutnick’s possible ouster

https://mins.news/en/item/142456

- CNN, 2026-11-13 14:37 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/13/politics/bessent-lutnick-nvidia-megaspeed-blame?Date=20261113&Profile=CNN

> Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent blamed the Commerce Department in the Nvidia scandal, while Trump advisers discussed the possible ouster of Howard Lutnick.

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