Luke Coffee Says God Told Him to ‘Stand in the Gap’ on January 6
Defendant Dallas filmmaker felt a higher calling amid the unfolding chaos at the Capitol: ‘Go up to the front and pray’
Luke Coffee brings flowers to place on the grave of Elizabeth Toon, 22, whom he planned to marry before she was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Hollywood, Calif. Dixie Dixon/For The Epoch Times
As he walked along the perimeter of the U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021, the 41-year-old filmmaker was approached by three breathless men. One of them said, “There are people dying inside the Capitol! We need patriots!”
Joseph M. Hanneman
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Joseph M. Hanneman is a former reporter for The Epoch Times who focussed on the January 6 Capitol incursion and its aftermath, as well as general Wisconsin news. In 2022, he helped to produce "The Real Story of Jan. 6," an Epoch Times documentary about the events that day. Joe has been a journalist for nearly 40 years.
