Obama's Solyndra Crony Kaiser Contributed To Michelle's Charity While Pressing For Public Funding

The Daily Caller is reporting that George Kaiser, the billionaire Obama campaign bundler who later convinced the administration to provide $535 million in taxpayer funds for Solyndra, contributed $10,000 to the Urban Health Initiative, a notorious program created by now-First Lady Michelle Obama while she was at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

The donation was made in 2009, the same year Kaiser was a regular White House visitor while the administration was considering approval of public loan guarantees for Solyndra, the disastrous solar-panel business backed by Kaiser's family foundation. Kaiser was responsible for $53,500 in donations to the Obama campaign.

In addition to Michelle Obama, several top Obama administration officials have close ties to the Urban Health Initiative, including Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod. The DC report adds that the George Kaiser Family Foundation rarely donates to organizations or causes outside Kaiser's home state of Oklahoma.