Historians: Capitol Hill breach damaged US politics Mob invasion resulted in five deaths and dozens of arrests of protesters and trespassers Trending Security fences are set up on the National Mall with the US Capitol in the background in Washington, DC, on Jan. 9. (Photo: AFP) There is no example in American history of a U.S. president inciting violence against American institutions or fellow citizens in the manner that President Donald Trump seemingly did on Jan. 6 when an angry mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, according to a historian at The Catholic University of America. There is, of course, the War of 1812 when British troops burned the White House and attacked the capitol building, but that isn't an equal comparison for Michael Kimmage, a professor of history who served on the U.S. Department of State Policy Planning staff as a Franklin Fellow from 2014 to 2016.