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Mom, son who took zip ties into Senate convicted in 1/6 riot

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.

Lamberth decided the case without a jury after a “stipulated bench trial,” an unusual legal proceeding in which defendants do not admit guilt to charges but agree with prosecutors that certain facts are true. At least three dozen Capitol riot defendants have resolved their cases that way — which allows defendants to preserve their right to an appeal — rather than opting for a traditional trial or pleading guilty.

A jury trial for the pair had been scheduled to start last week. Emails seeking comment were sent to their lawyers on Tuesday.

Munchel, 32, of Nashville, Tennessee, worked at a restaurant. Eisenhart, 59, of Woodstock, Georgia, has worked as a traveling nurse.

On Jan. 6, they attended then-President Donald Trump's “Stop the Steal” rally before joining the crowd that marched to the Capitol. Both of them were wearing tactical vests. Munchel had a stun gun holstered to his right hip.

After grabbing plastic handcuffs that they found inside the Capitol, Munchel and Eisenhart entered the gallery above the Senate chamber and stepped over a railing that separated portions of the gallery. Eisenhart chanted, “Treason! Treason!”

Munchel “gleefully” entered the Capitol during a riot while carrying a dangerous weapon, the stun gun, the judge said in a February 2021 ruling.

"By word and deed, Munchel has supported the violent overthrow of the United States government. He poses a clear danger to our republic," Lamberth wrote.

In the riot's aftermath, Eisenhart told a London newspaper that she would “rather die as a 57-year-old woman than live under oppression.”

“I’d rather die and would rather fight,” she added, according to the judge's ruling.

Eisenhart also claimed that she took the plastic handcuffs to keep them away from “bad actors,” the judge noted.

More than 1,000 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the deadly Jan. 6 riot. Over 600 of them have pleaded guilty or been convicted after trials decided by a jury or a judge. Over 450 of them have been sentenced, with more than half getting terms of imprisonment ranging from seven days to 10 years.

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by Anonymousreply 67September 11, 2023 4:49 PM

Munchel is cute.

Too bad he's a dirty MAGAT.

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by Anonymousreply 1April 20, 2023 5:48 PM

They should both be executed.

by Anonymousreply 2April 20, 2023 5:49 PM

He's cute, I'd lick his shitter. He'd have to beg me to forgive his traitorous past first, obvi.

by Anonymousreply 3April 20, 2023 5:54 PM

Imagine getting yourself jailed in support of Trump, a man who you know despises such people as lacking “class”.

Sheer, ridiculous stupidity.

by Anonymousreply 4April 20, 2023 5:55 PM

Cult of personality bus leaves behind a highway full of deluded victims.

by Anonymousreply 5April 20, 2023 5:57 PM

r4 I think future historians -- and just future people in general -- will be stumped by the sheer devotion this one sleazy conman commanded among the unwashed.

by Anonymousreply 6April 20, 2023 5:58 PM

How are these people are so delusional that they think overthrowing the democratically elected government and installing a wannabe dictator like Trump & Co. and the complicit GOP forever would lead to them NOT living under oppression. How do they suppose the were being "oppressed"? Fuck the pair of them. The son is cute though.

by Anonymousreply 7April 20, 2023 6:02 PM

These “forgotten men & women of flyover country” of 2016 really stepped in it.

by Anonymousreply 8April 20, 2023 6:49 PM

M Is for the Many things she gave me,

O Means only that she’s growing Old.

T Is for the Tears she shed to save me,

H Is for her Heart of purest gold.

E Is for her Eyes with love light shining,

R Means Right and Right she’ll always be.

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by Anonymousreply 9April 20, 2023 7:22 PM

My mommy took me to storm the Capitol, and all I got was this lousy prison sentence!

by Anonymousreply 10April 20, 2023 7:48 PM

A boy's best friend is his mother.

by Anonymousreply 11April 20, 2023 8:09 PM

It’s utterly insane that these two destroyed their lives for Trump, of all people. He’s such a fucking clown!

by Anonymousreply 12April 20, 2023 9:25 PM

This is what happens when cousins breed with each other.

by Anonymousreply 13April 20, 2023 9:29 PM

Is this Munchell punk one of them incels?

by Anonymousreply 14April 20, 2023 9:29 PM

[quote] It’s utterly insane that these two destroyed their lives for Trump, of all people. He’s such a fucking clown!

Listen.

Trump was just a means to an end.

These fuckers were batshit crazy to begin with.

He just gave them a reason to act out on it.

by Anonymousreply 15April 21, 2023 12:15 AM

I remember their charmingly ingenuous incriminating video from a hotel lobby after all the excitement!

by Anonymousreply 16April 21, 2023 12:51 AM

Daddy is kinky!

by Anonymousreply 17April 21, 2023 1:12 AM

Lock her up let him stay with me

by Anonymousreply 18April 21, 2023 1:16 AM

What's the big scar down the side of his neck at R1?

Did he try to kill himself?

by Anonymousreply 19April 21, 2023 1:57 AM

I don't know why more people have not blamed Trump for what happened to them...he caused this. They should use that as their defense.

by Anonymousreply 20April 21, 2023 2:05 AM

Eric is a psycho.

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by Anonymousreply 21April 21, 2023 2:13 AM

Look at his eyebrows.

MARY!

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by Anonymousreply 22April 21, 2023 2:14 AM

Quite big tits.

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by Anonymousreply 23April 21, 2023 2:14 AM

Fucker Carlson spins it.

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by Anonymousreply 24April 21, 2023 2:16 AM

BUSTED!

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by Anonymousreply 25April 21, 2023 2:16 AM

Eric is single, bitches!

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by Anonymousreply 26April 21, 2023 2:18 AM

Nevertheless I would lick 👅 his balls.

by Anonymousreply 27April 21, 2023 2:19 AM

I remember these two cunts and their video. Great to hear they got punished.

by Anonymousreply 28April 21, 2023 2:26 AM

Why are the hot ones always so damned crazy??

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by Anonymousreply 29April 21, 2023 2:29 AM

R29- If your good I’ll let conduct his FULL CAVITY strip search 🔦.

by Anonymousreply 30April 21, 2023 2:33 AM

You’re not your

by Anonymousreply 31April 21, 2023 2:34 AM

Trump may be becoming elderly and deranged, but who is the next Dictator who will brainwash the Deplorables? They've proven how weak-minded they are. All they need is a fascist leader.

by Anonymousreply 32April 21, 2023 2:42 AM

Well, it's not gonna be another Trump R32. None of the rest of the family has the charisma or pull of Trump thank fuck.

by Anonymousreply 33April 21, 2023 2:50 AM

R7, they go through decades of brainwashing, all the way from Sunday School, to the military. That’s how.

by Anonymousreply 34April 21, 2023 3:04 AM

r20, the "Qanan Shaman's attorney Al Watkins DID blame Trump. Here's his hilarious, true, defense of his client and the Mom and son

“A lot of these defendants — and I’m going to use this colloquial term, perhaps disrespectfully — but they’re all fucking short-bus people,” Watkins said. “These are people with brain damage, they’re fucking retarded, they’re on the goddamn spectrum.”

Fuck, they were subjected to four-plus years of goddamn propaganda the likes of which the world has not seen since fucking Hitler.”

He sounds like a DLer

by Anonymousreply 35April 21, 2023 3:05 AM

*Grooming R34.

by Anonymousreply 36April 21, 2023 3:06 AM

Oops, he wasn't the Mom and son's attorney. I meant he was referring to the other defendants like the mom and son.

by Anonymousreply 37April 21, 2023 3:07 AM

Sentenced to 57 months behind bars and his mother to 30 months. His sentence starts in December after his crotchfruit drops (he married in January).

by Anonymousreply 38September 9, 2023 5:58 PM

They should do a minimum 10 year sentence.

by Anonymousreply 39September 9, 2023 6:06 PM

Another feel good story. I love feel good stories.

by Anonymousreply 40September 9, 2023 6:11 PM

From the AP story:

"At least three dozen Capitol riot defendants have resolved their cases that way — which allows defendants to preserve their right to an appeal — rather than opting for a traditional trial or pleading guilty."

All these assholes are hoping Trump gets back in office and pardons them all. Maybe even give 'em all a Medal Of Freedom.

by Anonymousreply 41September 9, 2023 6:13 PM

She needs to dial back on casseroles.

by Anonymousreply 42September 9, 2023 6:14 PM

They'll now have to watch Trump lose again on that one shitty TV in prison.

by Anonymousreply 43September 9, 2023 6:15 PM

I remember these two. The son was looking forward to a long career as a bartender. Going places hs been put on hold for jail time.

by Anonymousreply 44September 9, 2023 6:21 PM

r38 Kid will just attain self-awareness when its father will be out, fully equipped for fatherhood. All those daddies in the slammer will teach him loads of stuff, I'm sure. Emphasis on the loads.

by Anonymousreply 45September 9, 2023 6:36 PM

WTH, R38! A convicted and pregnant Black WOMAN wouldn't be granted such a break!

by Anonymousreply 46September 9, 2023 6:36 PM

[quote]Another feel good story. I love feel good stories.

I do hope there are many more to come. I mean, Georgia alone has me cradling my mug all the time.

by Anonymousreply 47September 9, 2023 6:37 PM

Aw, his wife created a fund because there are legal fees to be paid even though, “Eric has surrendered financial and legal aspects to the Lord”.

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by Anonymousreply 48September 9, 2023 6:47 PM

Will they be sent to a prison with mommy-and-me suites?

by Anonymousreply 49September 9, 2023 6:55 PM

They’d be locked up for 10 years if they were black.

by Anonymousreply 50September 9, 2023 6:59 PM

Well they did share a room at the Grand Hyatt DC, so they should have adjoining jail suites R49.

by Anonymousreply 51September 9, 2023 7:07 PM

It's really too bad that more of these pukes didn't get the Ashley Babbitt special that day.

by Anonymousreply 52September 9, 2023 7:10 PM

[quote]Donald Trump's “Stop the Steal”

Part of Trump’s success at snookering these dimwits was in his constant use of babytalk. Essentially, he was talking to them at their level.

“Look at this steal going on right here! It’s not FAYUR!!! We must stop this steal.”

by Anonymousreply 53September 9, 2023 7:23 PM

The government raided my home and stole my arsenal!

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by Anonymousreply 54September 9, 2023 7:39 PM

[quote] Eric Munchel

Recycled hillbilly

by Anonymousreply 55September 9, 2023 8:13 PM

r11 🎼 There once lived a man named Oedipus Rex, you may have heard about his odd complex. His name appears in Freud's Index, 'cause he LOOOOOOOOVED his mother......"

Thank you, Tom Lehrer.

What a story they'll have to tell the grandkids.

by Anonymousreply 56September 9, 2023 9:56 PM

Yet another example of a J6 case that makes my blood boil.

[quote]Eric Munchel, 39, was the subject of one of the most striking images from that day, depicting him in all-black military fatigues with a stun gun strapped to his hip and a fistful of the plastic cuffs — which he had found in a United States Capitol Police cabinet — in the Senate Gallery, where senators had been barely 30 minutes prior.

[quote]“What purpose you could have had to carry even that one zip tie besides to hold a senator hostage paints too vivid a picture for me to swallow,” [U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth] the Ronald Reagan appointee said, specifically addressing Eisenhart.

So they stormed the Capitol with various arms and taking up handcuffs to capture, torture and/or kill a sitting Senator, but nevertheless:

[quote]But Munchel did express remorse, saying that his decision to participate in the riot “was made in poor judgment.” He also added that reason he and his mother wore tactical gear and brought weapons — a knife and the stun gun — was that they were concerned there would be clashes with counterprotesters.

Bull. Shit.

They were not afraid of counterprotestors. It was clear from the outset that there were no counterprotestors and everyone from Ginni Thomas to TFG knew there weren't going to be any counterprotestors present as they had specifically withheld authorization for the national guard to come out, they had withheld ammunition and supplies from Capitol police, and Trump himself screamed at the Secret Service to "remove the fucking mags" [magnetometers, or metal detection apparatus to detect the presence of weapons] because the insurrectionists weren't "there to hurt me" with the "me" being TFG. No one was afraid of counterprotestors.

This mother and son were there to capture and kill a US Senator. And the only reason they failed was that the Secret Service and Capitol Police had evacuated the Senate before they could get there. They were there to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power to the duly elected incoming President, breaking a tradition that was revered around the world for almost 250 years. Bad weather had never prevented this sacred right of democracy; not economic depression, not civil rights protests, not civil war, not even world wars had disrupted the hallmark of the American system of government. But a crowd of traitors following the lead of a treasonous corrupt dictator-wannabe did. And were photographed, proudly, doing it; in fact, this idiot traitor wore a phone strapped to his chest to record the events of the day, documenting the dialog he shared with his mother and other insurrectionists for posterity.

[quote][Judge] Lamberth decided to apply an enhancement to their sentences for threatening members of Congress, finding that statements they had made on Jan. 6 — “We ain’t playing nice no goddamn more,” Lamberth said, quoting Munchel — and the fact they brought the zip ties into the Senate warranted the enhancement.

And then the judge turns around and bestows upon this convicted insurrectionist a gift:

[quote]Munchel will begin his sentence in December, [bold]following the birth of his child[/bold]. Eisenhart will also be allowed to turn herself then.

What. The. Fuck.

This, right here, is white supremacy on display for everyone to see. Yes, I'm bringing race into this because it is warranted. I challenge anyone here to find a case in which a Black defendant has ever been afforded the privilege of seeing and being present for their child's/grandchild's birth despite a conviction and sentencing handed down. And what angers me the most is that this "judge" (who has shown himself to have poor judgement, an irony of inescapable magnitude), called these two "basically good people". Fuck that noise, "judge". They are fucking goddam traitors who deserve the sentence that we used to hand out to traitors, like Ethel and Julius Rosenberg: death. Oh, my bad, Eric Munchel and his mother Lisa Eisenhart aren't Jews, so it's all good, right?

So much for the "blindness" of lady liberty.

by Anonymousreply 57September 10, 2023 2:50 PM

R57, and now the only way to fight back is to have public figures calling it White Supremacy too. I agree with you, no black man would have been granted any mercy, none at all, but it’s given to fucking traitors? Look up this judge, read his other decisions, I promise you there is a pattern of bias.

We need to CALL OUT judges who show their implicit bias toward traitors. Do not accept this

by Anonymousreply 58September 10, 2023 4:11 PM

Lost in all of this was what their INTENTIONS were. What were they going to do once they found Schumer or Pence or Pelosi? It's all about, 'Oh they broke-in and trespassed'.

We know details about the Gretchen Whitmer plot: they were going to kidnap her and drop her out in the middle of Lake Erie.

They should have added pursued it further and tacked-on Attempted Murder.

by Anonymousreply 59September 10, 2023 5:10 PM

[quote]What a story they'll have to tell the grandkids.

Everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at their rear ends.

by Anonymousreply 60September 10, 2023 7:30 PM

If mom was a traveling nurse, she was making bank. What an idiot, she is the type of woman who trump always insults.

by Anonymousreply 61September 10, 2023 8:01 PM

Given the thickness of his beard, I’m picturing a majorly full bush down below.

by Anonymousreply 62September 10, 2023 8:14 PM

R57, R46 agrees with you.

by Anonymousreply 63September 10, 2023 8:20 PM

[quote]This, right here, is white supremacy on display for everyone to see. Yes, I'm bringing race into this because it is warranted. I challenge anyone here to find a case in which a Black defendant has ever been afforded the privilege of seeing and being present for their child's/grandchild's birth despite a conviction and sentencing handed down.

Please shut the fuck up. She threw the fucking book at him. Bringing race into this is exactly why this country is so fucking divided right now. Your bullshit is the same damn propaganda as what we get from the alt right. Stop trying to stir up racial resentment and be happy about the fact that this insurrectionist is going to see some justice.

For fucking Christ's sake.

by Anonymousreply 64September 10, 2023 8:33 PM

Yes, R64, let's ignore the fact that Trump brought race into the modern era. Trump was the leading proponent of questioning Obama's birthplace despite all evidence. Trump cast aspersions on all immigrants from the moment he descended his gilded elevator to the paid audience of sycophants and pronounced that Mexico was sending their rapists and murderers across the border when the reality proves far different. Trump bought a full-page ad in the [italic]New York Times[/italic] to call for the death penalty for the Central Park 5, all of whom it turned out were not responsible for the acts that Trump would have them executed, and Trump never admitted the error nor apologized. And let's not forget, Trump was forced to sign a consent decree with the DOJ over racist rental practices he and his father Fred engaged in in the 1970s and 80s. These are but a few of the dozens, if not hundreds, of examples of the racism that Trump has injected into our present discourse.

You're right, racial resentment is a problem in this country, and it's been made incalculably worse by one man: Donald J. Trump.

That said, it's ludicrous to say this "judge" threw the book at this mother and son insurrectionist team. The judge followed the prosecutors' recommendations which were merely suggestions and, frankly, lenient ones at that. The judge could have made an example of Munchel as he made himself the subject of one of the most iconic images from that terrible day. I would have cheered if the "judge" had thrown "the fucking book" at them, but the "judge" did not. No, the "judge" gave these two traitors every benefit of doubt, prevented disruption to one of their life events, and pronounced them "basically good people"... or if that doesn't ring a bell, maybe the "judge" should have said "there were very fine people on both sides!"

by Anonymousreply 65September 11, 2023 3:00 PM

i found these here zippy ties i better hang onto these

by Anonymousreply 66September 11, 2023 3:51 PM

R64, While Eric was sentenced per the prosecution's recommendation, his mother was sentenced to a lesser term that requested.

In sum, not even close to having even "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" thrown at them, never mind "War and Peace."

by Anonymousreply 67September 11, 2023 4:49 PM
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