Overview
- A disclosure reviewed by outlets shows McClain’s husband bought between $100,001 and $250,000 of private xAI stock on December 15.
- Days later, the Defense Department announced plans to integrate xAI’s Grok chatbot into military systems, linking the investment’s timing to a government adoption push.
- McClain told NewsNation she was “100 percent” sure no insider information was used and argued that insiders would have purchased far more than the roughly 100,000 shares cited on air.
- The timing was first spotlighted by Sludge and subsequently covered by national outlets, drawing scrutiny because xAI is Elon Musk’s company.
- Reports note there is no evidence she received nonpublic information, and no official investigation has been announced as coverage continues to develop.