Judge Won’t Ease Up on Maximum Security Detention and Isolation for ‘Zip-Tie Guy’s’ Mother in Capitol Riot Case Adam Klasfeld
Lisa Marie Eisenhart and Eric Gavelek Munchel
The mother seen entering the U.S. Capitol with her plastic handcuffs-wielding son must remain in maximum security lockup pending trial, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, finding that she did not prove that she has been treated any differently from anybody else charged with the siege.
Lisa Marie Eisenhart came to be known as the mother of “zip-tie guy”
Eric Gavelek Munchel, whom news wires captured captured hopping around the Senate chamber toting tactical restraints. Court papers indicate that she was also seen carrying flexicuffs.
A federal judge has blocked the release of Eric Gavelek Munchel, 30, the D.C. insurrection defendant better known as "zip tie guy." There's a still a chance he could be released pending trial, but Beryl A. Howell, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, wants to review a Tennessee magistrate judge's prior decision.