# Bessent Faults Commerce Dept. for Failing to Blacklist Megaspeed > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/3371372 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 6 outlets covering · First listed: New York Times, Nov 13, 2026, 10:19 AM · Read it: The Treasury secretary blamed the department for not sanctioning Megaspeed and said that Nvidia employees should be held accountable if they sidestepped the law. ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 13, 2026, 7:51 AM: [Bessent blames Lutnick’s commerce department for failure to blacklist Megaspeed]() — Financial Times (Newspaper, United Kingdom, rated Center) Salvo from US Treasury secretary risks stoking tensions within Trump administration over Nvidia scandal - Nov 13, 2026, 7:54 AM: [Bessent criticizes Commerce for not blacklisting Megaspeed over Nvidia chip diversion]() — Crypto Briefing (Specialist) The unresolved interagency dispute over Megaspeed's blacklisting could undermine confidence in Commerce leadership, affecting market stability. - Nov 13, 2026, 9:04 AM: [Bessent blames Lutnick's Commerce Department for failing to block Megaspeed]() — BBC (Public broadcaster, United Kingdom, rated Center) Scott Bessent told CNBC that several government agencies "were in favour of putting Megaspeed on the entity list for months". - Nov 13, 2026, 9:25 AM: [Bessent: Treasury pushed to blacklist Megaspeed, but ‘Commerce has the pen’]() — The Hill (Newspaper, United States, rated Center) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pointing the finger at Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over the Trump administration’s failure to place Nvidia customer Megaspeed on a U.S. trade blacklist for national security concerns. When pressed Friday over who was behind the decision, Bessent told CNBC, “Treasury, War, USTR \[U.S. Trade Representative\] and State … were in… - Nov 13, 2026, 10:01 AM: [Bessent says Treasury wanted to put Megaspeed on entity blacklist for months, but Commerce Department ‘has the pen’]() — Washington Examiner (Magazine, United States, rated Lean right) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent directly blamed the Commerce Department for delaying the broader administration’s intent to place Nvidia customer Megaspeed on a special blacklist of companies that could pose a national security threat. In a CNBC interview Friday morning, Bessent said the U.S. Trade Representative and the Treasury, War, and State departments were “in favor - Nov 13, 2026, 10:19 AM: [Bessent Faults Commerce Dept. for Failing to Blacklist Megaspeed]() — New York Times (Newspaper, United States, rated Lean left) The Treasury secretary blamed the department for not sanctioning Megaspeed and said that Nvidia employees should be held accountable if they sidestepped the law.