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Disgraced Democratic Party donor Hassan Nemazee has just six more weeks of freedom after pleading guilty yesterday to a $292 million bank-fraud scheme that could send him to prison for nearly 20 years.

The 60-year-old, Harvard-educated con man begged to remain free on bond until his June 30 sentencing to spend time with his wife and family.

“I have never intended to flee. I’ve had ample opportunity,” he said in Manhattan federal court.

His lawyer, Paul Schectman, added that “there really is nothing to run with,” claiming that Nemazee hadn’t paid him a nickel beyond his retainer and was living “very modestly” on handouts from friends and family — albeit in a Park Avenue apartment.

But Judge Sidney Stein noted that the former national finance chairman for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign had a history of international travel and may have “tens of millions” in missing loot stashed overseas. The judge gave him until April 30 to turn himself in.

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