GOP Crime Blotter
Remember, the true threat to America is the guys wearing dresses. Not the right-wing fanatics arrested for carrying zip ties and weapons into the Capitol Building in search of lawmakers and seeking to overturn the presidential election.
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A Tennessee man and his mother were sentenced to prison on Friday for seeking to intimidate lawmakers by marching with matching tactical vests and carrying zip tie-style handcuffs during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, federal prosecutors said.
The man, Eric Munchel, 32, of Nashville, who became known on social media as “Zip Tie Guy,” was sentenced to nearly five years in prison, the Justice Department said. His mother, Lisa Marie Eisenhart, 59, of Woodstock, Ga., was sentenced to two and a half years in prison, the department said.
They were fined $2,000 each, and their prison terms will be followed by two and a half years of supervised release.
The two were found guilty in April of conspiracy to commit obstruction, obstruction of an official proceeding, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, according to court documents.
Mr. Munchel was also found guilty of two other felonies related to carrying weapons on Capitol grounds.