11.21.2008

Mukasey collapses giving speech to Federalist Society

Will Mike take God's hint to stop defending Bush's legal policies? - Ed.

U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed while giving a speech Thursday at the Federalist Society dinner at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington.
Michael Mukasey was giving a speech defending the Bush administration's legal policies.

Michael Mukasey is helped as he begins to collapse during his speech Thursday night.

Mukasey, 67, was giving a spirited defense of the Bush administration's legal policies when his speech began to slur and he lost track of his thoughts about 30 minutes into his talk. Seconds later, he became rigid and then began to slump.

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