Eric Munchel, Nashville's 'zip-tie guy,' gets one of longest sentences for January 6 riot at Capit

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Source: tennessean


Updated 4:08 p. m. CT Sept 8, 2023

Evan Mealins Nashville Tennessean


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.
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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....................

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Read more: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2023/09/08/eric-munchel-nashville-zip-tie-guy-sentenced-in-january-6-riot/70785870007/

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2 more rioters bite the dusk!!




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[hatrack]

1. Ah, yes the Mommy Marauder!!!

Womp Fucking Womp

[Aristus]

2. Not so tough now, are you, asshole?

Hope you die in prison.

[tonekat]

3. Play Stupid Games or F.A.

Win Stupid Prices, or F.O.

If it were up to me they'd be shoveling gravel in a quarry for the rest of their lives.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. K&R

[electric_blue68]

5. Good 👍

[irisblue]

6. Should have been longer. Much longer

[SouthernDem4ever]

7. Agreed. 5 years isn't enough and isn't the longest sentence

[Hieronymus Phact]

10. Royce C. Lamberth

Lamberth is one of those old school Reagan appointees. True it could have been longer in this iconic case.

[OAITW r.2.0]

8. Feeling kind of stupid now, Eric?

Bring zipties into the Capitol might not have been a good idea,,,,moron.

[masmdu]

16. Actually, he didn't bring them

The are videos of him finding them and taking them from storage in the Capitol. Still a fucking idiot, though.

[Talitha]

17. Question is, how did he know where to retrieve them from?

Are zip-ties normally stored in the Capitol, or did someone leave them there to be retrieved that day?

[Blues Heron]

9. looks like he is going to be tied up for the foreseeable future

[Kennah]

11. He should be zip tied rather than handcuffed whenever he's transported

[moniss]

12. These clowns

wear their camo outfits because they thought it would help them blend in to their surroundings of bluish/purple seats, marble and vivid yellow wall covering.

[ZZenith]

13. Wasn't exactly a MENSA meeting there in the Capitol on J6, was it?

Fuck-ing idiots, every single one.

[cstanleytech]

14. I'm surprised that he didn't try the defense that the zip ties were meant as "friendship bracelets".

[masmdu]

15. Ha! Ha! ... idiot

[republianmushroom]

18. Enjoy your new residents, dude.

[Bayard]

19. In this photo,

I like the guy on the right who has masked up. Can't be too careful in a crowd, you know!

Zippy got less than he deserved, but at least he's going to prison for awhile.

[Probatim]

22. I thought that was his mother.

"Honey, it's been a while since you left the basement. Maybe I should come with you."

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. Enjoy your tax payer funded time off Munchel

[The Grand Illuminist]

21. I hope his incarceration is transparently monitored.

More than likely he will be treated more special than the other inmates that had no link to J6 and won't be part of general pop.

[Angleae]

23. And while you're at it, don't forget to turn in your guns.

Felony conviction, can't have them anymore.