If I were him, I'd negotiate a 3-5 prison sentence with U.S. prosecutors in exchange for them not having to waste taxpayer money on a highly unpopular and expensive trial against the best criminal defense lawyers in the country (who will be CLAMORING for this case pro bono in order to promote their own names) that might result in a highly embarrassing and job-threatening loss for the government lawyers and my complete and utter freedom anyway. Threaten the U.S. prosecutors with full defection to China, Cuba, or North Korea if they refuse my terms -- which they won't. Use the time in jail (considering the non-violent nature of the crime, most likely in a medium-security federal prison with plenty of outdoor and recreation time) to get a book-and-movie deal and write the book and the screenplay, and then spend the rest of my life hanging out with celebrities and taking the U.S. speech-and-lecture circuit at $50,000 a pop. That's how a smart man turns lemons into lemonade with style.