Capitol riot: Nashville's 'zip-tie guy' guilty on all charges

[Eugene]

Source: Nashville Tennessean

A federal court Tuesday handed down guilty verdicts for the Nashville man best known as “zip-tie guy” and his mother for the pair’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Eric Munchel, who infamously brandished zip ties as he walked the inside of the Capitol during the riot, and his mother Lisa Eisenhart, of Woodstock, Georgia, were found guilty on all charges in a D.C. District Court Tuesday.

The pair are scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 8.

Originally charged mainly with trespassing charges, the charges against Munchel and Eisenhart expanded in October to include obstruction, conspiracy, disorderly conduct and unauthorized entry. Munchel was found guilty of additional charges for carrying a deadly or dangerous weapon on Capitol grounds because he was armed with a Taser, court records say.

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Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean
Tue, April 18, 2023 at 5:04 PM EDT


Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/capitol-riot-nashvilles-zip-tie-192042808.html

[RockRaven]

1. Get fucked, traitors!

[sybylla]

32. +1 n/t

[gopiscrap]

34. +1

[BumRushDaShow]

2. For the thread

https://wpln.org/post/how-federal-agents-tracked-down-tennessees-zip-tie-guy/

[louis-t]

3. Isn't that nice, he brought his mommy with him.

To help overthrow the government.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. He was busy "overthrowing" up in the nosebleed seats of the visitor's gallery

[louis-t]

5. His Mommy probably drove him there.

[Grokenstein]

21. Well, at least ONE mother-son murder conspiracy is going to prison.

No careers as GQP idols for you!

[louis-t]

42. I just always imagine them getting so excited

and not being able to sleep the night before they commit treason, because they think tfg will invite them up on the stage at one of his Nazi rallies and hail them as heroes.

[Ligyron]

27. All dressed up like he thinks a civilian commando should look.

You know, to strike fear into the hearts of libruls across the nation.

Instead, he just looks like a terrorist, which he is.

Off to jail with you, dumbass.

[BumRushDaShow]

28. ...

[HuskyOffset]

29. It appears that ISIS

has more respect for the environment, as they are using smaller more fuel efficient vehicles and are transporting more people in each vehicle.

[Hassler]

7. Another traitor who'll get to enjoy the fine prison cuisine.

[COL Mustard]

44. The mystery loaf.

All your daily nutritional needs wrapped up in something even worse than a cold MRE.

[republianmushroom]

8. I like it

[yardwork]

9. Another wannabe loser who had to bring his mommy with him.

[moniss]

10. Some weird

Mommies out there for sure. We have this clown, Killer Kyle, Mommy Crumbley and others. Maybe they all see themselves as Mommies like Palin, Boebert and the Affluenza Mom.

[LiberalFighter]

11. In this case I would like the mother to receive a longer sentence than the son.

[Abolishinist]

38. I think mommy had a big influence on his 'life'.

Eisenhart later told a reporter for the London Times that “this country was founded on revolution” and said she’d “rather die as a 57-year-old woman than live under oppression.

Hmmm. I wonder if prison life is her idea of being free from oppression? Hopefully, we'll find out!

[IronLionZion]

12. Typical tourist behavior

If you don't take zip ties and tactical gear on vacation, are you even American? The mask is for COVID obviously.

[not fooled]

14. Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah Zip-a-Dee-Ay

Doesn't he look chipper?

Probably not so much once in the slammer.

[Ray Bruns]

40. Doesn't everybody?

[IronLionZion]

41. Liberal elitists are out of touch with real Americans

Zip ties and dark camo is the way.

[Aristus]

13. Better get used to those zip-ties, asshole.

You'll probably be finding yourself wearing them a time or three until your sentence is complete.

[Judi Lynn]

37. Sure wish he would have to explain on TV how he was going to use them in the Capitol.

Should Americans bring zip-ties when they go to see the Republican Speaker?

[joshdawg]

15. Wait, wait. They were convicted, but won't be sentenced until September???

Am I missing something? Are they free on bail until then and if so, why.
If they are guilty why wait until September to sentence them.

Pardon me if I seem a little naive about this, but this just doesn't make any sense to me.
Just asking.

[ancianita]

25. Especially since the prosecutors filed that he was a flight risk at pre-trial.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnmd.85025/gov.uscourts.tnmd.85025.8.0.pdf

The appeals court told Lamberth to change his ruling on keeping Munchel detained pre-trial, so Lamberth probably doesn't want another appeal overruling him after conviction. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/capitol-riot-cases-jail-ruling-eric-munchel-case

Other considerations could be the judge's case load, the judge's sentencing practices, or the judge himself. Apparently, Lamberth didn't think the DOJ under Obama prosecuted very fairly, and it likely didn't. He doesn't seem ideological. So it seems pretty complicated, as are a lot of these cases, what with all these white folks wanting such special "due process" treatment.

Keep in mind that it's been a long hard slog for the DC courts over Jan 6. And the larger context for all this is that the judicial system, overall, is overburdened.

Of course, out here, we know that Republicans in Congress want to make sure it stays that way.

[Pinback]

33. Thank you.

Maybe one of DU’s legal beagles can help us comprehend this.

[tosh]

36. +1, n/t

[Jarqui]

16. Perp walk in zip ties please ... nt

[canetoad]

17. She didn't bring him up

To keep his feet off the good furniture.

[colorado_ufo]

20. Good one!

[ShazzieB]

18. I wonder what kind of sentence he's likely to get.

Probably not as much as he deserves, but I'm glad he was convicted, regardless.

[NBachers]

19. OK, let's see some Real Time for a change.

[cstanleytech]

22. Isnt it odd how so many of these self proclaimed patriots choose to hide behind masks?

[ffr]

23. Let's send this one to the greatest page. Attempted murder of political prisoners

is NOT okay.

scumbag!

[Harker]

24. They're from tour guide Barry Loudermilk's district. n/t

[liberal N proud]

26. Every one of them need to be in jail, but UNTIL they convict tfg...

Justice will not prvail

[FakeNoose]

30. Who's going to "watch Mom" while he's in prison?

I'll bet this idiot never thought about that...

[tonekat]

31. Maybe they'll have adjacent cells

They can watch each other.

[jmowreader]

35. I've heard of helicopter parenting, but this is ridiculous

Twenty years, not a moment less. For both of them.

[underpants]

39. So it was a taser

I know it sure looked like a gun.

[housecat]

43. drip drip drip