June 26 (UPI) -- A Federal Emergency Management Agency official who claims he was once teleported to a Waffle House has been ousted from the agency, unnamed sources familiar with the situation told media outlets Friday.
Gregg Phillips, who was appointed to lead the Office of Response and Recovery in December, was asked to vacate his position because of concerns about how he's publicly perceived, anonymous sources told The New York Times, The Washington Post and CNN.
Phillips, the associate administrator for FEMA's Office of Response and Recovery, posted on social media in April doubling down on his teleportation claim. He said it really happened and that it is connected to his Christianity.
"God will not be mocked," Phillips posted on Truth Social. "People can debate me. Question me. Even ridicule what they don't understand."
He clarified that it happened while he was heavily medicated during cancer treatment.
