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Displaying mock outrage, President Trump sought to the turn the tables on Sen. Charles Schumer Friday — calling for a probe of the Democratic minority leader for committing a scandalous and unforgivable act: meeting with Vladimir Putin at the opening of a Russian gas station in Chelsea in 2003.
Schumer had met Putin in his official capacity as a sitting senator at a public event.
“We should start an immediate investigation into @SenSchumer and his ties to Russia and Putin. A total hypocrite!” Trump wrote in an tweaky, tongue-in-cheek tweet.
Schumer on Thursday called for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign for initially denying that he had met with any Russian officials during his Senate confirmation hearings.
“The bottom line is we have an obligation to get to the truth. We must evaluate the scope of Russia’s interference in our election,” the New York Democrat tweeted.
But Schumer’s criticism of Sessions didn’t sit well with Trump, who thought it was ridiculous.
Team Trump first fired back by tweeting a photo of Schumer and Putin yukking it up over coffee and doughnuts at the Chelsea gas station.
“@SenSchumer- do it over a
donut and coffee,” White House social-media director Dan Scavino cracked.
The president responded with his own snarky tweet showing the photo hours later.
A Trump spokeswoman did not respond to a question about whether Trump was serious, but a White House source told The Post, “No, dude. Take a joke.”
But the New York Democrat fired back later in the day.
“Happily talk re: my contact w Mr. Putin & his associates, took place in ’03 in full view of press & public under oath. Would you &your team?” he wrote on Twitter.