Bush to nominate judge for Attorney General

Mukasey was nominated to the federal bench two decades ago by Republican President Ronald Reagan.

Mukasey, appointed as a U.S. District judge for the southern district of New York, retired last year after nearly two decades of service. He earlier served as a federal prosecutor.

As a federal judge, Mukasey presided over a number of high-profile cases, including one in which a dozen people were tied to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.

(Additional reporting by Caren Bohan, Tabassum Zakaria and David Wiessler)