‘Zip Tie Guy’ and His Mom Get Prison Time Despite Pleas for Mercy

A mother-son duo convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 among a violent mob bent on reversing Donald Trump’s unsuccessful re-election bid were sentenced on Friday to a combined 7.25 years in federal prison.

Registered nurse Lisa Marie Eisenhart, 59, will serve 2.5 years behind bars after being found guilty in April of conspiracy to commit obstruction and obstruction of an official proceeding, both felonies, and five related misdemeanors. Her son, a 32-year-old sometime bartender Eric Gavelek Munchel, will be incarcerated for four years and nine months on five felony charges—two of them weapons-related—and three misdemeanors.

Eisenhart, who lives in Georgia, had expressed worries that jail time would mean an effective end to her career in healthcare, according to a sentencing memo filed Aug. 31 by her defense attorney. And Munchel, a newlywed residing in Tennessee, has expressed concern that a long sentence would make it harder for him to provide for the baby he and his wife are now expecting, his defense team said in a separate filing. (None of the lawyers representing Munchel and Eisenhart responded to The Daily Beast’s requests for comment on Friday.)

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