To kick Williams out the door...they would need to have some graceful five-star character ready to enter. There presently is no such person within NBC. Maybe they could recruit someone within the recently terminated CNN staff or find someone ready to go within CBS or ABC.
If you ask me....this internal probe is mostly a time-delay thing while they go and search for the replacement guy/gal and hopefully get three months to work the deal.
Katie Couric 'says she'd be willing to take over Nightly News' if he gets axed