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Wild speculation:
Harry can confess to being the one who setup Hermione, or even having attacked Draco himself.
We know from Chapter 47 he can probably beat veritaserum "Not a perfect Occlumens, but Mr. Bester said I was putting up a complete block, and I could probably beat Veritaserum.", so he can testify in a way the Wizengamot will find convincing.
As member of a Noble House and Boy-Who-Lived he should be in for a much weaker punishment than Hermione, and can probably stay out of Azkaban. Lucius may not want to challenge Harry that directly at all. It may even get him out of Hogwarts, which in some ways he would want.
However I think it's slightly out of character for Harry - he's probably not self sacrificing in quite the required way.
That sounds terribly noble. And silly. Harry is more important than Hermione. Risking himself puts everything he cares about at stake. If Harry doesn't make a SinguHarrity and take control chances are Voldemort or some other dark wizard will end up killing both him and Hermione.
Upvote for Singuharrity
Double upvote for Zingers ^^
Alternately, he could tell Lucius the truth.
I think he did. What else does he know?
He hasn't told Lucius that he told both Dumbledore and Quirrel how much Lucius cares about Draco. It would be something real to admit to, just might get Lucius to consider the possibility of a plot, and transfer the heat from Hermione to Harry.