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As NBC justice correspondent, Williams has interviewed United States Attorneys General [[John Ashcroft]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Williams, Pete|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3032619/#34025785|title=Ashcroft: Holder lacks authority to order terror trials|publisher= [[NBC News]] |date=November 18, 2009|access-date=June 6, 2013}}</ref> [[Alberto Gonzales]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Williams, Pete|title=Gonzales: Firings were not improper|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/17801927/ns/nbcnightlynews/t/gonzales-firings-were-not-improper/| publisher = [[NBC News]] |access-date=June 6, 2013|date=March 27, 2007}}</ref> and [[Eric Holder]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Williams, Pete|title=Holder says he has no intention of stepping down|url=http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/05/18781813-holder-says-he-has-no-intention-of-stepping-down|access-date=June 6, 2013| publisher = [[NBC News]]|date=June 5, 2013}}</ref> as well as [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI Director]] [[Christopher A. Wray|Christopher Wray]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/pete-williams-marks-25-years-with-nbc-news-by-landing-an-interview-with-the-fbi-director/359907|title=Pete Williams Marks 25 Years with NBC News, By Landing An Interview with the FBI Director|website=www.adweek.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-21}}</ref>
In covering the [[Boston Marathon bombing]] for [[MSNBC]] and NBC News, Williams earned praise from various media analysts for choosing to report events in a restrained, cautionary fashion. In contrast with the [[Associated Press]] and [[CNN]], Williams refused to report a later-retracted claim that the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] had arrested a suspect for the bombing.<ref>{{cite news|last=Freedlander|first=David|title=NBC, Today Show Get Boston Marathon Bombing Coverage Right|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/20/nbc-today-show-get-boston-marathon-bombing-coverage-right.html|work= [[The Daily Beast]]|access-date=June 6, 2013|date=April 20, 2013}}</ref> For ''[[Politico]]'', [[Dylan Byers]] commented: "On a major story that has been defined by inaccurate and conflicting reports and wild speculation, Williams has been calm, diligent and correct."<ref>{{cite web|last=Byers|first=Dylan|title=Pete Williams and the threat to CNN|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/04/pete-williams-and-the-threat-to-cnn-162096.html| publisher = Dylan Byers on Media (blog of [[Politico]]) |access-date=June 6, 2013|date=April 19, 2013}}</ref> Brian Resnick of the ''[[National Journal]]'' wrote that Williams showed "restraint in not jumping too far into conclusions."<ref>{{cite web|last=Resnick|first=Brian|title=Pete Williams' Reporting Philosophy, And Why He's Getting Boston Right|url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/domesticpolicy/pete-williams-reporting-philosophy-and-why-he-s-getting-boston-right-20130419|work=[[National Journal]]|access-date=June 6, 2013|date=April 19, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611164027/http://www.nationaljournal.com/domesticpolicy/pete-williams-reporting-philosophy-and-why-he-s-getting-boston-right-20130419|archive-date=June 11, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The phrase "NBC's Pete Williams" became a trending topic in the overnight hours of April 19, 2013.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=325178956066201600|user=HuffPostMedia|title='NBC's Pete Williams' is currently trending in the US.|date=April 19, 2013}}</ref>
In covering the [[April 2021 United States Capitol car attack]], Pete Williams claimed the assailant was a "White Man" before any knowledge of the driver was released by authorities. He did not retract his statement. "The question now is, what’s the condition of the Capitol Police officers who were injured when the man -- we’re told it was a White male that was driving the car -- when the man got out of the car and attacked the police officers with a knife," Williams told MSNBC anchor Katy Tur. The assailant turned out to be Noah Green, a mentally ill Black man who was a self-described "follower of [[Louis Farrakhan|[Louis] Farrakhan]]".<ref>{{cite news|first1=Nicholas|last1=Fandos|authorlink1=Nicholas Fandos|first2=Zolan|last2=Kanno-Youngs|first3=Giulia McDonnell|last3=Nieto del Rio|first4=Aishvarya|last4=Kavi|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/politics/capitol-suspect-noah-green.html|title=Capitol Suspect Struggled Before Attack, but Motive Remains Unclear|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 3, 2021|accessdate=October 4, 2021}}</ref>
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