Neither the affairs nor the direct consequences for him are very surprising (especially if you heard about the sex cult stuff that's been going on at the top of AI research). Not even the chinese spy story would be terribly far-fetched. I'm sure he's very high on China's list of people they'd like to control. Heck, even if she wasn't a spy, they probably knew about the affair. The only really surprising part is the timing. Midterms crushed Republican fueled AI dreams, Anthropic IPO is imminent and mere days before NVDA earnings? Someone betting against the market is making a fortune right now. This is likely yet another facet of the trillion dollar insider game we've seen running in the current administration. They know they're cooked, so they'll extract as much money as possible while they still can.