| After Indicted
Former Judge Dies Amid Arrest
Alleged Briber Gets Trial Pushed
to June
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Feb 9 – Amid expectation of
NYC corruption indictments
from and at the Southern
District of New York, on
September 24 suburban
corruption came to the fore,
and how.
Stewart
Rosenwasser, a former county
judge and senior-level
prosecutor in the Orange
County District Attorney’s
Office, was indicted and
charged with accepting $63,
000 in bribes from Mout'z
Soudani to investigate and
prosecute his sister and
nephew in a $1.9 million theft
and embezzlement
case.
When the FBI
showed up at this door, there
was reportedly an exchange of
gunfire, and suicide by
Rosenwasser. It's a developing
story, but the (43 page)
indictment is on Patreon here.
Later on
September 24, Soudani was
freed on $1 million bond, 7
page bond document on Patreon
here.
On February 9,
2026 his trial was pushed
back: "ORDER granting in part
and denying in part [60]
LETTER MOTION as to Mout'z
Soudani (2): Mr. Wallenstein
having informed the Court that
his client who is scheduled
for trial on 4/13/26 before
Judge Roman did not enter a
plea as expected and that Mr.
Wallenstein is therefore
unavailable to try to this
case on 4/6/26 as previously
scheduled, the Court approves
the parties' proposed
schedule, except that motions
in limine will be due 5/1/26,
and opposition thereto will be
due 5/8/26. The parties'
proposed schedule did not give
the Court sufficient time to
consider the motions. (If the
parties want to agree to an
earlier schedule (i.e., before
Mr. Wallenstein's trial) they
may do so.) The time between
now and the new trial date of
6/10/26 is hereby excluded
under the Speedy Trial Act in
the interests of justice. The
ends of justice served by the
exclusion outweigh the best
interests of the public and
the defendant in a speedy
trial because it will ensure
defense counsel's availability
and permit him to prepare for
trial.. (Signed by Judge Cathy
Seibel on 2/9/26) (Seibel,
Cathy)
The case is US v.
Rosenwasser, et al.,
7:24-cr-555 (Seibel)
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