Gilman’s family has flown to Texas to be with him, including his mother, who was in Russia attempting to see him at a hospital. His sentence was extended last year to 10 years after he was found guilty of assaulting prison guards. Gilman's sister, Lexie Hudson, credited President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts with bringing about the former Marine's release. “The Russians treated my brother so badly," Hudson said. "They hurt him for no reason, other than that he was both an American and a Marine.