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President Trump’s former deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates has asked to serve his remaining 45-day “intermittent” prison term at home amid fears of contracting COVID-19, according to a report.

In a court filing Sunday, Gates urged a modification to his probation condition because he fears he could carry the coronavirus home and also infect his wife, who is under cancer treatment, Reuters reported.

“The gravity of the virus and its potential impact on Mrs. Gates are substantial,” Gates’ lawyer Thomas Green said in the filing.

“If Mr. Gates were to return to his home carrying the virus, it could create serious ramifications for his wife,” Green said. “Due to her cancer treatment, her immune system is compromised, placing her at heightened risk for serious side effects or worse if she were to be infected with the coronavirus.”

Prosecutors have reviewed the request and do not oppose it, the filing shows.

Gates, 47, who held senior positions on Trump’s campaign team and inauguration committee, was one of several former aides to be charged in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election.

In February 2018, Gates pleaded guilty to conspiracy against the US and lying to investigators. He was sentenced in December to serve an intermittent term of 45 days behind bars and 36 months of probation.

Gates had agreed to cooperate with Mueller and testified as a prosecution witness against Trump’s onetime campaign chair Paul Manafort and Roger Stone, the president’s longtime adviser and friend.

Manafort, 71, who was recently treated for a cardiac event while serving his 7½-year sentence behind bars, also is seeking an early release because of the threat posed by the coronavirus.