WASHINGTON — Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed Thursday evening while delivering a speech to a prominent legal group and was rushed to George Washington University Hospital.
The status of Mukasey’s health remained uncertain after the incident, which occurred at an annual Federalist Society gathering. A person who attended the dinner said Mukasey was visibly shaking and perhaps slurring his words before he fell to the floor.
Video footage showed a tuxedo-clad Mukasey, 67, falling behind a lectern as FBI agents raced to his side.
Emergency services personnel were called to the Marriott Wardman Park hotel for a report of a man who had fainted in the ballroom. Rescuers found a man suffering from a fainting spell, said Alan Etter, a fire department spokesman. Another source said the medics worked on Mukasey for about 10 minutes before taking him out of the ballroom on a gurney.
Etter declined to identify the man, citing privacy laws. The patient was conscious, had no trouble breathing and was able to speak with rescue personnel, Etter said.
The man was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
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