Attorney General Michael Mukasey was released from GW Hospital at about noon today after undergoing several routine tests and overnight observation.
Mukasey was sent to the hospital late last night after collapsing during a speech at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Northwest D.C.
Justice Department Spokeswoman Gina Talamona said doctors concluded the Attorney General has a “clean bill of health.”
“There’s no indication that he suffered a stroke or any heart related incident,” she said to about 20 reporters across from the hospital in Washington Circle. “It really appears to have been a fainting spell.”
Mukasey was apparently smiling as he left the hospital this afternoon and headed to his office, according to The Washington Post, which has the full story.