A mother-son duo have been charged with conspiracy after the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, according to a legal complaint on Saturday.
Lisa Eisenhart and her son Eric Muchel are charged with “knowingly conspiring with known and unknown persons” to “hinder or impede” law enforcement officials, according to the filing filed with the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
The United States Department of State for the Middle District of Tennessee said on Twitter that Lisa Eisenhart was detained in Nashville on Saturday in connection with the riots.
Capitol Riot Arrest-Lisa Eisenhart was recently taken into custody by FBI agents in Nashville on charges related to the US Capitol riots. Allegations include conspiring with her son, Eric Munchel, to violate federal statutes. pic.twitter.com/lgjqrYN8j2
– US Attorney-Middle District of Tennessee (@USAO_MDTN) January 16, 2021
Munchel, who is reportedly the masked man photographed with a handful of plastic handcuffs by the Senate Chamber, was previously charged with unlawful entry and violent entry into Capitol grounds.
Submit in Saturday, authorities say that video footage from the Capitol shows Eisenhart and Munchel “near a crowd of individuals physically assaulting two Capitol Police agents guarding access to the Senate Chamber.”
The mother-son duo appears to be in the chase, and both are seen holding flexible cuffs in their hands during the chase. Both officers eventually escaped to a lower level of the building, and Eisenhart then appears to be yelling at the officers as he leans over a banister.
Munchel and Eisenhart then appear to enter the Senate Chamber through the same area that the officers guarded.
The affidavit also refers to an article in The Times newspaper published on January 10 about the riots.
Eisenhart tells the paper that two had entered the Capitol as “observers,” but she also told the outlet, “This country is based on revolution. . . I’d rather die as a 57-year-old woman than live oppression. I’d rather die and fight. “
The arrests come as federal law enforcement continues their efforts to track down and charge people in connection with riots that ultimately resulted in five deaths, including two Capitol Police officers.
Dozens of people have been arrested in connection with the January 6 riots and several people have since lost their jobs.
The Justice Department has previously said building sedition and conspiracy charges against some of the alleged rioters.