Williams, who anchored NBC Nightly News until he received a six-month suspension earlier this year, went from being the twenty-third most-trusted person in America to the 835th. Apparently, he lied about many stories over the past twelve years, exaggerating his role in the Iraq invasion of 2003. Most recently, he said he was traveling in a helicopter that was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, but after a veteran involved in the event questioned his story, Williams admitted he was actually riding in another helicopter that was about thirty minutes behind the one that was hit.