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>>tafda+(OP)
"Could be sentenced to" or "faces" means literally nothing.

https://www.popehat.com/2013/02/05/crime-whale-sushi-sentenc...

>>tptace+w6
“Faces up to…” means exactly what it says, that is “Faces a sentence that cannot exceed…”

Now, it doesn’t (in general) mean “Is likely to receive, if convicted”, which some people tend to assume, but it also doesn’t mean nothing. And given the fact that upward departure is allowed from the federal sentencing guidelines, but not from the statutory maximums for the offenses charged, it is literally all you can tell with certainty from the charges themselves.