The ‘Insurrection’ Probe Is Falling Apart
The government has created, by their own overheated hyperbole, a nearly insurmountable obstacle to proving their initial accusations in court.
By Julie Kelly
March 30, 2021
He is known as the “zip tie guy.â€
In one of the most iconic photographs of the January 6 Capitol melee, Eric Munchel, wearing tactical gear, is seen holding up a fistful of zip ties in the Senate gallery. Munchel, the media quickly concluded, brought the flex cuffs to arrest lawmakers attempting to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election. The woman photographed with him later was identified as his mother, Lisa Eisenhart.
The top federal prosecutor who handled the first two months of the Justice Department’s Capitol breach probe recently bragged that Munchel was one of the first protestors targeted in the agency’s unprecedented 50-state manhunt for alleged “insurrectionists.â€
Former U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin told “60 Minutes†that he authorized the arrest of more than 100 people prior to January 20 in a display of “shock and awe†to intimidate Americans who planned to protest Joe Biden’s inauguration; he specifically referred to the detention of the “the zip tie guy†as a way to send a message. “We wanted to take out those individuals that essentially were thumbing their noses at the public for what they did.â€
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