Gregg Phillips is leaving his role at the Federal Emergency Management Agency after new Department of Homeland Security leadership pressured him to go, four sources say.The Department of Homeland Security publicly states that Gregg Phillips stepped down for personal reasons, but sources and reporting by Cable News Network say his exit was forced after revelations about election conspiracy promotion and claims that he "teleported" into a Waffle House and ditches.Federal Emergency Management Agency officials credit
Gregg Phillips with stabilizing the Office of Response and Recovery during
Typhoon Sinlaku and the Southeast winter storm earlier this year, and
David Arnold will return as acting head while the agency manages the transition.