The Biden campaign is asking for two breaks during the 90-minute commercial-free showdown.

President Trump is asking for an additional ground-rule ahead of Tuesday night’s first presidential debate between himself and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

Fox News learned that the president’s re-election campaign wants the Biden campaign to allow a third party to inspect the ears of each debater for electronic devices. The president has consented to this kind of inspection, but Biden has not, so far, sources said.

Over the last several weeks, Biden’s campaign has also requested two breaks, one every 30 minutes, to break up the 90-minute commercial-free program. But that request has been denied by the Trump campaign.

A Trump campaign source told Fox News that “our guy doesn’t need breaks. He gives 90-minute speeches all the time.”

Fox Business broke the details regarding the Trump campaign’s request for a third-party inspector to look for electronic devices in the candidates’ ears on Tuesday morning.

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The debate, the first of three between President Trump and Former Vice President Joe Biden, kicks off at 9 p.m. ET Tuesday and is being hosted by Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. The showdown’s being moderated by “Fox News Sunday” anchor Chris Wallace.

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