Rep. Pat Harrigan, RN.C., responds to President Donald Trump’s call for Intel CEO LIP-BU TAN to resign about alleged China tires and Biden Aide Anita Dunn’s defense of the former president during a heated supervision of “minds with Maria.”
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is said to be expected to visit the White House on Monday after President Donald Trump’s call last week for his expulsion about his alleged ties with China.
Sources that are familiar with the plans told the Wall Street Journal that the two are expected to discuss Tan’s dedication for US national security and propose ways in which Intel could collaborate with the Trump administration.
Trump called for the resignation of Tan on Thursday after the Republicans of the Senate had imposed an alarm about his ties with Chinese companies and a criminal case involving his former company, Cadans Design Systems.
Trump wrote on the truth of the truth and said that Tan was “very contradictory and must immediately resign,” and added: “There is no other solution to this problem.”
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LIP-BU TAN, Chief Executive Officer of Intel Corp., during a press conference on the sidelines of the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday 19 May 2025. (Annabelle Chih / Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty images)
In a letter to the Intel administration, the American Republican Senator Tom Cotton ‘concerned about the safety and integrity of Intel’s activities and its potential impact on American national security’.
Cotton wondered if the board was aware of the summons sent to Cadans Design Systems when Tan was CEO before Intel hired him and what measures were taken to tackle those worries.
LIP-BU TAN, Chief Executive Officer of Intel Corp., during a press conference on the sidelines of the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday 19 May 2025. (Annabelle Chih / Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty images)
Cotton also wondered if the Intel board needed to divert Tan from chip companies that were related to the Chinese military or communist party, and whether Tan had announced other ties with Chinese companies because of the involvement of Intel in a program that enlarges the domestic supply of advanced semiconductors for national security.
A month after Tan was tapped to lead the company, Reuters reported that Tan had invested in hundreds of Chinese companies – some of which had ties with the Chinese army. He also invested hundreds of millions in Chinese advanced production and chip companies between March 2012 and December 2024, Reuters reported. A source told Reuters earlier this year that Tan had divested his positions, although the size of his divestments was not clear.
LIP-BU TAN, Chief Executive Officer of Intel Corp., during a press conference on the sidelines of the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday 19 May 2025. (Annabelle Chih / Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty images)
Last month, Cadans Design Systems agreed to argue and pay more than $ 140 million to resolve US costs for the sale of its chip design products to a Chinese military university that is assumed to be involved in simulating nuclear explosions.
The US Department of Justice has accused the company of violating export checks by illegally selling the sale of chip design software and hardware to front companies representing a Chinese military university.
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Born in Malaysia and now an American citizen, Tan was appointed by Intel’s Board in March as CEO.
