In a bombshell revelation, investigative journalist Laura Loomer has uncovered a glaring conflict of interest involving U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston, the Biden-appointed judge who recently barred Border Patrol agents from detaining illegal aliens without a warrant in California. Thurston’s ruling, which directly undermines President Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement, now reeks of corruption after Loomer exposed that the judge’s husband, Marc Thurston, is a real estate broker whose business profits from illegal alien tenants.
Judge Thurston’s decision, which she ludicrously framed as a defense against racial profiling—claiming agents can’t just “walk up to people with brown skin and say, ‘Give me your papers’”—is now under intense scrutiny. Loomer’s investigation reveals that Marc Thurston, Senior Vice President at ASU Commercial, specializes in Bakersfield’s multifamily housing market, which relies heavily on illegal immigrant labor and tenants. In multiple Instagram videos this year, Marc Thurston openly complained that President Trump’s mass deportations would “harm the local rental market,” proving his financial stake in keeping illegal aliens in the country.
This isn’t just a minor oversight—it’s a blatant violation of federal judicial ethics. Under 28 U.S.C. § 455(a), judges must recuse themselves if their impartiality could reasonably be questioned. Even more damning, 28 U.S.C. § 455(b)(4) mandates recusal if a judge’s spouse has a financial interest in the case’s outcome. Yet Thurston brazenly ignored these rules, issuing a ruling that directly benefits her husband’s bottom line.
⚠️EXCLUSIVE:⚠️
The husband of California U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer L. Thurston, the judge who just ruled that President Trump’s administration can’t arrest any more illegal aliens unless they have a warrant for their arrest, is a multifamily real estate broker in… pic.twitter.com/yBly0fNFPN
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) May 1, 2025
The liberal media, of course, remains silent on this scandal. If this were a Trump-appointed judge, CNN and The New York Times would be screaming for impeachment. But since it’s a Biden ally sabotaging President Trump’s border crackdown, they’ll look the other way.
Donald Trump Jr. reacted to the news with predictable outrage, tweeting, “This is exactly the kind of swamp corruption my father has been fighting against since Day One. These activist judges aren’t just biased—they’re profiting off illegal immigration while pretending to care about ‘justice.’”
Because of course. https://t.co/VtYMgaB0ho
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 1, 2025
President Trump’s “Operation Return to Sender” has been a massive success, removing criminal illegals from our streets and restoring order to the border. But judges like Thurston, with their personal financial agendas, are doing everything they can to obstruct justice and keep the invasion going.