alt Hacker News> the affairs are not the reason he is being fired
The second one -- affair with a direct report -- is what he is being fired for. This one is hard for the board to ignore as it directly violates HR rules.
As for the ban for national security reasons, the ban is not super useful because it only prevents hardware from being physically imported into China. If the hardware is physically located in Singapore and Chinese researchers use those machines remotely, the US does not ban that it. If so how meaningful is the ban?
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Did the investigation complete that quickly? I don't think he was fired a few days after an investigation was announced. He resigned in disgrace under pressure due to all of his choices combined.
I hope nobody in the presidential administration needs to resign because of their role in the largest scandal in US history but if so, that is what is best for the country.
> This one is hard for the board to ignore as it directly violates HR rules.
I don't think that is the least bit difficult for a board to ignore.
> directly violates HR rules
> ban for national security reasons
These don't sound like they are on the same order of magnitude in terms of severity?