If you were Hunter Biden, would you have taken the plea deal?

Hunter Biden is facing some significant jail time if he is found guilty of the crimes he’s accused of. He is facing 25 years in jail and fines of $750,000, although first time offenders aren’t usually sentenced to the maximum. Some feel if he had just agreed to a more modest plea deal, he could have lessened his family’s pain by sparing everyone this public trial.

With the plea deal, he would have had to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax evasion charges and defer punishment for lying on a gun license application.

I admit to not following the trial closely, so I am not an expert on the details of it, but after hearing what he is facing if found guilty, I am wondering if he would have been better off just taking the plea.

What do you think?