Email from auto industry consultant Victor Vandergriff
Brewster is TxDMV's exec director

Senate
staffers:

Vandergriff was no longer DMV
chairman at this point

Dan Patrick carried the legislation
and was elected lieutenant
governor 18 months later

 This was Vandergriff's
email address from
his client and former
employer, the Van Tuyl
Group, later bought by
Berkshire Hathaway

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Emails
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between auto industry consultant Victor Vandergriff and TxDMV
Director of TxDMV's enforcement division
Vandergriff organizes
a meeting among
dealers and manufacturers to discuss
an issue that divides
them: vehicle recall
orders

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Vandergriff signals that
Dec. 6, 2016 is the best
option for the date of
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the meeting

In initial email, TxDMV's Harbeson
says meeting was initiated at
Vandergriff's request

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 Vandergriff tells Harbeson
he'd rather not have his
name and organizing role
mentioned in the
invitation to participants

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Here is the invitation sent
to industry participants.
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The reference to
Vandergriff is gone

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 TxDOT Commissioner Victor Vandergriff
Seeks Reimbursement For Travel To Austin in Dec. 2016

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This is one day before
meeting of auto industry
reps organized by
Vandergriff

 Vandergriff reports leaving
Arlington at 3 p.m. on Dec.
5, 2016

Taxpayers are billed $182
for meals and lodging on
Dec. 5, 2016

Vandergriff said he should not
have billed taxpayers for this
day. He said he would
reimburse TxDOT

Austin, Tx

On the morning of Dec. 6, Vandergriff
was at a meeting of auto industry
reps at the TxDMV

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