'He is taking off the mitts': Mitt Romney's savage mic drop on Trump's hush money trial wins Internet

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Sen Mitt Romney (R-Ut) delivered a scathing take on the presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump's hush money case, which is currently undergoing trial in New York City, on Tuesday, April 23.

The former President is being prosecuted for falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments he allegedly made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, both of whom he allegedly had affairs with, while campaigning for the 2016 presidential election, reported MEDIAITE.

According to HuffPost, Trump secretly paid Daniels $130,000 to keep her from talking about his extramarital rendezvous with her that took place back in 2006.

While Trump has vehemently denied the claims and pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of felony, Romney, a longtime critic of the business tycoon, appeared to be convinced otherwise.

Sen Mitt Romney's statement on Trump's hush money case

Speaking with CNN reporter Manu Raju outside the Capitol on Tuesday, Romney said, "I think everybody has made their own assessment of President Trump’s character. And so far as I know, you don’t pay someone $130,000 not to have sex with you.”

The comment amused CNN hosts Brianna Keilar and Boris Sanchez back in the studio, as the former remarked, "Wow, that was Republican Senator Mitt Romney, uh, what a soundbite."

Sanchez went on to state, "The former president’s longtime friend and former National Enquirer publisher, David Pecker, returned to the stand and detailed how he killed the stories as part of a highly confidential agreement with Trump, made it all the way back in 2015 when he announced his first presidential run."

Trump has maintained that the case, along with the three other criminal case against him, is a politically motivated “witch hunt.”

Internet reacts to Mitt Romney's comment

Netizens hailed the Senator over his sharp remark, as the following tweets demonstrate.

"Rare Mitt Romney win!" wrote a user.

"Mitt drops the mic!" exclaimed another.

"He does drop some good ones now and then! #MittRomney" stated a third.

"Romney just tapped Trump so hard he might be getting a check soon too," quipped a fourth.

"Mitt is taking off the Mitts," commented a fifth.

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