Hours after US authorities arrested nine current and former FIFA officials on corruption charges in a dramatic early morning raid, communications director Walter De Gregorio was the guy who faced the media on FIFA's behalf at a hastily arranged press conference.

Two weeks later, De Gregorio is leaving FIFA. His resignation comes two days after he went on the Swiss TV show Schawinski and made a great joke at the expense of his now former bosses.

The joke (h/t James Corbett):

Fifa president Sepp Blatter, the media director, and the general secretary are sitting in a car, who is driving?

(...)

The police!

Martyn Ziegler of the Press Association says that he heard De Gregorio was actually fired for the joke.

In a statement, FIFA said De Gregorio "decided to relinquish his office with immediate effect."

A FIFA spokesperson told Business Insider, "The decision on the aforementioned matter was one of a mutual nature between Mr. De Gregorio and FIFA."

Here's the clip:

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