Thomas Barrack.Alex Wong/Getty Images Barrack altered language about the 9/11 hijackers and Saudis in the 2016 GOP platform, per The Daily Beast. The DOJ recently updated its indictment against Barrack, who was charged with several felonies last year. The indictment showed that an individual listed as "Person-1" sent an email seeking to change the GOP messaging. Thomas Barrack, a billionaire private equity investor who chaired former president Donald Trump's 2017 inaugural committee, altered the official GOP platform for the 2016 Republican National Convention in an effort to minimize connections between the Saudi Royal Family and the 9/11 hijackers, according to The Daily Beast.The Department of Justice updated its indictment against Barrack — who in July 2021 was arrested and charged with illegal lobbying, obstruction of justice, and lying to the FBI — to reveal the extent of his role at the party's convention, which was held in Cleveland that year.Barrack was released shortly after his arrest last year on a $250 million bond.The revised indictment revealed that an individual listed as "Person-1" sent an email to Barrack to alter the Republican messaging at the convention."We need to talk about language for me to put in [the national political party] platform at national convention.