oh come on, do people genuinely believe HR rules plays as a role here when it's regarding CEO, especially someone at the helm at the one of the most valued company?

Time and time we saw executives having affairs and dodging consequences. Elon Mask, Eric Schmidt, Sergey Brin, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos. All faced much less severe consequences. Definitely not something blow over like this just after a few days it's being reported.

This is a coordinated attack on Jensen and it was very successful.

> do people genuinely believe HR rules plays as a role here when it's regarding CEO

At most companies it does. HP. Intel. McDonald’s.

The only consistent exception is Musk.

That said, I disagree this is why Jensen was fired. The national-security cover-up is a far bigger deal.