More Americans have died with COVID-19 listed as the cause of death than the number of U.S. service members killed in World War II.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data record more than 1.1 million COVID-19 deaths in the United States through 2025. The Department of Veterans Affairs and Congressional Research Service list 405,399 American military deaths in World War II. That disparity framed the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday at which Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, appeared.Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times, declined to answer questions about pandemic origins, research funding, his diaries, treatment guidelines, and related decisions. Committee Chairman Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., scheduled a vote next week on whether to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress.Fantastic take here: pic.twitter.com/jv9BqXlZpY— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) August 1, 2026Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., told The Gateway Pundit that Fauci deliberately misled the American people and Congress and that accountability remains unresolved despite a presidential pardon.“He has certainly lied to the American people and to the Congress,” Lummis said. “And I don’t know what outcome and authority we have. And as you know President Biden pardoned him when Biden left office. So, I’ll wait and see what our chances are of holding him accountable in at least some way.”Lummis linked the elevated U.S. death toll relative to other nations to the suppression of early treatment options. Multiple frontline doctors and nurses previously told The Gateway Pundit that the standard hospital protocols under federal guidance were themselves killing patients.“I do know this: He’s responsible for the overwhelming number of deaths that occurred in this country that did not occur in other countries because they were using ivermectin,” Lummis told The Gateway Pundit.She described the professional cost for physicians who tried to prescribe the medication.“We had doctors that lost their hospital privileges in this country and lost their ability to save patients because they lost access to Ivermectin as a treatment,” Lummis said. “Virologists worldwide knew that Ivermectin was a successful treatment and inexpensive– and Dr. Fauci opposed what he knew was a successful and inexpensive and readily available treatment. And he has a lot to answer for.”WATCH: Those statements align with detailed accounts previously reported by The Gateway Pundit. Whistleblowing physicians and nurses described CDC-aligned hospital protocols—immediate intubation, exclusive use of Remdesivir, and the restriction of Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine—as lethal.Dr. Ben Marble told The Gateway Pundit that hospitals “stopped administering all the drugs that work—they stopped the Ivermectin, they stopped the Hydroxychloroquine” and followed protocols that produced America’s highest death rates. Physician Assistant Scott Miller, who treated thousands of COVID patients before his license was revoked, secretly recorded hundreds of hours of audio of doctors and hospital staff refusing ivermectin. Families who managed to bring the drug into facilities reported recoveries; those under the standard regimen deteriorated and died.In a November 2021 exclusive, intensive-care nurse Helen Smith, with nearly 25 years of experience, told The Gateway Pundit that patients were not dying primarily from the virus but from the protocols themselves.“They were dying because doctors were immediately intubating patients and providing them with Remdesivir, an expensive drug that does nothing to treat respiratory illness, but shuts down the organs,” Smith said. She called automatic early intubation “basically a death sentence” and said the combination of Remdesivir and ventilators produced mass harm inside hospitals. Management threatened doctors who attempted to use Ivermectin. During the Delta wave the unit lost five to six patients per shift under the restricted protocols.Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee defended Fauci during the hearing. They praised his decades of service, called the proceeding an attempt to entrap him, and several walked out, leaving Republican senators to continue without response.This defense is consistent with polling that showed strong Democratic support for Fauci and for aggressive government measures against the unvaccinated. A January 2022 Rasmussen Reports/Heartland Institute survey found that 75 percent of Democratic voters supported Dr. Anthony Fauci. The same poll showed 59 percent of Democrats favored requiring unvaccinated Americans to remain in their homes at all times except for emergencies, 45 percent supported temporarily placing the unvaccinated in designated government facilities, 55 percent favored fines for the unvaccinated, and 29 percent supported temporarily removing children from parents who refused the COVID-19 vaccine.DHS: Extremists Against COVID Vaccines, Stolen Election Pose National Security ThreatRepublicans are moving forward. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said Saturday he looks forward to casting his vote next week to hold Fauci in contempt, stating he needs to be held accountable and calling for Justice Department action. Paul has set the committee vote for next week. A full Senate resolution would face additional procedural requirements.Can’t Make This Up: Flocks Of Sheep Assembled To Form Giant Syringe In Germany To ‘Get The Message Across Better’State officials are pursuing parallel tracks. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., who is running for governor, told Fox News Digital that the federal pardon does not cover state crimes and he intends to pursue action related to Alabama deaths. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s office is examining potential state-law violations tied to Fauci’s COVID-era decisions.The official U.S. COVID-19 deaths total exceeds twice the number of American service members who died in World War II. Hundreds of frontline doctors and nurses describe the hospital protocols in place as directly lethal. Fauci declined to answer questions under oath. A Senate committee prepares a contempt vote. State investigations continue. The families of more than a million dead still seek answers.The post EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Lummis: Fauci ‘Lied to the American People and Congress’ and Is ‘Responsible for the Overwhelming Number of Deaths’ Because He Blocked Ivermectin appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.