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Eric Gavelek Munchel, 32, of Nashville, Tennessee, and Lisa Marie Eisenhart, 59, of Woodstock, Georgia, were found guilty Tuesday in a stipulated trial before Senior U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth. In a stipulated trial, the defendant and prosecutors agree to a set of facts that form the basis of the judge’s ultimate decision; in this case, Lamberth found that the facts supported convictions for both mother and son of conspiracy to commit obstruction and obstruction of an official proceeding, both felonies that carry a maximum 20 years behind bars. They were also convicted of trespassing and disorderly conduct misdemeanors.
Munchel was additionally convicted of disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon, a felony with a potential 10-year prison sentence, and unauthorized possession of a deadly or dangerous weapon on Capitol grounds, a five-year felony.
Munchel and Eisenhart had traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend then-President Donald Trump’s so-called “Stop the Steal” rally, where Trump repeated false claims of a stolen 2020 presidential election and urged his supporters to march to the Capitol as Congress was set to certify Joe Biden’s win. The mother-and-son duo did just that.
“As they approached the Capitol building, they saw other rioters fighting with police and encouraged them to do so,” the Justice Department said in a press release. “They experienced police wearing body armor and using chemical irritants and gas to repel rioters like themselves, but they were not deterred. Instead, even though they were aware their actions were unlawful, they pushed forward, past police lines, and entered the Capitol building.”
According to the agreed-upon set of facts, both Eisenhart and Munchel were wearing tactical vests. Munchel was additionally equipped with a Taser holstered at his side and “his cell phone mounted on his chest, with the camera facing outwards.” That camera recorded some 50 minutes of the pair’s approach and entry into the Capitol. During this time, Munchel and Eisenhart encouraged their fellow rioters to overwhelm police and “pushed their way systematically through the crowd surrounding the Capitol.”
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5 YEARS
Eric Munchel, the Nashville man known as "zip-tie guy," has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Judge Royce C. Lamberth sentenced Munchel and his mother and codefendant Lisa Eisenhart at the U.S. District Court in Washington on Friday.
Lamberth sentenced Munchel to 57 months of incarceration and three years of supervised release, said U.S. District Court Judicial Clerk Jason Onyediri. Lamberth gave Eisenhart, from Woodstock, Georgia, a lesser sentence of 30 months of incarceration with the same three years of supervised release, her attorney Greg Smith of Washington said. Smith said both Munchel and Eisenhart were also ordered to pay $2,000 each in restitution.
Munchel's sentence is among the longest of more than 1,000 Jan. 6 defendants. He received the maximum sentence prosecutors calculated under federal guidelines.
Prosecutors say on Jan. 4, 2021, Munchel and Eisenhart drove from Nashville, where Munchel worked as a bartender, to Washington to participate in election protest rallies scheduled for Jan. 5-6.
They arrived at the Capitol on Jan. 6 wearing tactical vests, while Munchel also wore a Taser holstered at his hip and his cell phone mounted on his chest. Munchel’s cell phone recorded a 50-minute video that captured most of their approach and entry to the Capitol building, which prosecutors used as evidence in their case against the pair.
Once inside the Capitol, Munchel and Eisenhart found zip ties that they carried around, which prosecutors argued they planned to use to restrain members of Congress. An infamous photograph captured Munchel holding the zip ties as he climbed over a railing in the gallery of the Senate chambers, where 30 minutes before Congress was meeting to certify the results of the 2020 election.
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 for arming himself with a Taser.
Lamberth found the mother and son guilty of all 10 charges against them at a bench trial in April after they forewent their right to a jury trial.
Prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum on Aug. 31 that they hoped the sentences deter the defendants and others from behaving similarly in the future.
"With the 2024 presidential election approaching, a rematch on the horizon, and many loud voices in the media and online continuing to sow discord and distrust, the potential for a repeat of January 6 looms ominously," prosecutors wrote. "The Court must sentence Munchel and Eisenhart in a manner sufficient to deter them specifically, and others generally, from going down that road again."
Several other Tennesseans have been sentenced for their roles in the attack at the U.S. Capitol. You can read about their sentences here.
Evan Mealins is the justice reporter for The Tennessean. Contact him at [email protected] or follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @EvanMealins.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Eric Munchel, Nashville 'zip-tie guy', sentenced in January 6 riot
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A Tennessee man and his mother were convicted on Tuesday of charges that they stormed the Capitol, where they brought plastic zip-tie handcuffs into the Senate gallery as a mob attacked the building, court records show.
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth convicted Eric Munchel and his mother, Lisa Eisenhart, on all 10 counts in their indictment, including a charge that they conspired to obstruct Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory on Jan. 6, 2021. The judge is scheduled to sentence both of them Sept. 8.
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‘Zip Tie Guy’ and His Mom Get Prison Time for Capitol Riot Despite Pleas for Mercy
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Antonio Velardo shares: ‘Zip Tie Guy’ and His Mother Get Prison Terms in Jan. 6 Riot by Eduardo Medina
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Eric Munchel, 32, of Tennessee, was sentenced to nearly five years in prison in connection with the attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021, while his mother, Lisa Eisenhart, 59, received a two-and-a-half-year term.
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Eric Munchel, aka "Zip-Tie Guy," a Jan. 6 rioter who was later found guilty of obstruction, conspiracy, disorderly conduct, unauthorized entry, and carrying a deadly weapon
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This Man and His Mother Were Put in Shackles and Flown to DC and the Gulag - They Were Not Permitted to Talk - A Letter from Jan. 6 Political Prisoner Eric Munchel
This Man and His Mother Were Put in Shackles and Flown to DC and the Gulag – They Were Not Permitted to Talk – A Letter from Jan. 6 Political Prisoner Eric Munchel
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