article_snippet.sent: After a series of interviews, Secret Service decided not to prosecute Mr Hughes' Belarus-born wife Alena, who claims she was not aware of Mr Hughes' plan.
article_snippet.sent: The couple met online and went on a few dates in Russia before she moved to the U.S. in 2002 and The couple married.
article_snippet.sent: But following her husband stunt, Hughes defended her husband as a 'patriot'. '
article_snippet.sent: I am very proud of her husband.
article_snippet.sent: her husband is a countryman,' Hughes told the Associated Press.
article_snippet.sent: But for her husband part, when Hughes was asked if Hughes defined Hughes as a patriot, Hughes responded: 'No, I'm a mailman.'