Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has a blunt take on the scandal swirling around Nvidia boss Jensen Huang. To her, it shows exactly what can go wrong when a handful of billionaires hold so much power.

A reporter stopped the New York congresswoman in Washington on Tuesday. She argued that if even one hugely powerful billionaire gets compromised, the damage could ripple through the entire American economy.

Too much wealth in too few hands

Ocasio-Cortez said far too much money sits with a small group of men. Pressed on whether these men simply cannot control themselves, she agreed that plays a role.

Her larger concern goes beyond personal behavior. She believes some companies have grown so powerful that they should be broken up.

A security question

She described the situation at Nvidia as a "tremendous national security and intelligence breach" and said it deserves a real investigation.

She also pushed back on the idea that Donald Trump's view of Huang settles anything. Trump seeing the CEO as a good guy, she said, does not prove that no American secrets got out.

The backstory

Huang has owned up to an affair outside his marriage. The other woman, Alice Huang, is a tech executive suspected of links to Chinese intelligence.

Nvidia has launched its own investigation. The company's board says it has no reason to think any company secrets were exposed.

A former CIA official has floated another possibility in an interview. He suggested U.S. intelligence may even have used the affair to pass false information to China.