The company’s investigative unit head is leading the probe, BuzzFeed News confirmed. On Saturday, Williams emailed colleagues to inform them he would be going off the air temporarily.
AP Julio Cortez
NBC News has launched an internal investigation into the false claims Brian Williams made and has since apologized for, an NBC source confirmed to BuzzFeed News.
The investigation was first reported by the New York Daily News.
The investigation into Williams, who for more than a decade was a trusted voice and anchor of NBC Nightly News, will be led by Richard Esposito, the senior executive producer at NBC Investigations.
The New York Post also reported that NBC News set up a "truth squad" – a team of reporters and producers – to investigate Williams' claims, including some of his statements about his experiences covering Hurricane Katrina.
This has been a difficult few days for all of us at NBC News.
Yesterday, Brian and I spoke to the Nightly News team. And this morning at the Editorial Exchange, we both addressed the wider group. Brian apologized once again, and specifically expressed how sorry he is for the impact this has had on all of you and on this proud organization.
As you would expect, we have a team dedicated to gathering the facts to help us make sense of all that has transpired. We're working on what the best next steps are – and when we have something to communicate we will of course share it with you.
Since joining NBC News, I've seen great strength and resilience. We are a close-knit family, and your response this week has made that even clearer.
As a relentless news agenda marches on, thank you again for continuing to do what we do best – bring the most important stories of the day to our audience.
Deborah
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