Michael Cohen said that Donald Trump responded angrily when Cohen shared that Stormy Daniels was shopping her allegations in 2016.

"He was really angry with me," Cohen said, who said Trump told him, "I thought you had this under control. I thought you took care of this.

"He said this is a disaster, total disaster. Women are going to hate me," Trump said according to Cohen. "Guys may think this is cool, but this is going to be a disaster for the campaign."

"At the time, Mr. Trump was ... polling very poorly with women, and this coupled with the previous 'Access Hollywood' -- he just stated, 'This is a disaster, get control of the women,'" Cohen testified.

Cohen said that Trump directed him to purchase Daniels' story.

"He told me to work with David [Pecker] and get control over this -- purchase the life rights. We need to stop this from getting out," Cohen said.

Cohen added that Trump requested he delay the payment until after the election to avoid paying it outright.

Jurors saw an October 2016 text message where National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard reintroduced Michael Cohen to Stormy Daniels' then-attorney Keith Davidson

"Connecting you both in regards to that business opportunity. Spoke to the client this AM and they're confirmed to proceed with the opportunity. Thanks. Dylan," Howard wrote.

"Over to you two," added Howard.

Michael Cohen recounted what he said was a 2011 conversation with Trump about the allegations from Stormy Daniels after TheDirty.com made a blog post about the relationship. Cohen successfully had the blog post taken down with the help of Daniels' then-attorney Keith Davidson.

"I asked him if he knew who she was. He told me he did," Cohen said of Trump.

Cohen said that Trump did not answer his question about the allegations.

"He turned around and said she was a beautiful woman," Cohen recounted.

Cohen said that Trump OK'd the 2011 effort to take down the blog post about the affair.

"Absolutely, do it. Take care of it," Trump responded, according to Cohen.

As Michael Cohen was attempting to do damage control for the "Access Hollywood" story on Oct. 8, 2016, National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard flagged to Cohen that adult film actress Stormy Daniels was shopping her allegations of a 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, which the former president has steadfastly denied.

Years earlier, Cohen worked with Daniels' attorney Keith Davidson to get a story taken down about the alleged affair.

Asked about the potential impact of Daniels' story, Cohen said it would have been "catastrophic."

"Horrible for the campaign," Cohen said.

Jurors saw an April 21, 2018, email where Michael Cohen's attorney at the time, Robert Costello, told Cohen, "Sleep well tonight, you have friends in high places."

"The friend in high places was President Trump," Cohen testified.

"It let me know that I was still important to the team, and stay the course, that the president had my back," Cohen said about Costello's emails.

Jurors then saw another email from Costello dated June 13, 2018.

"Since you jumped off the phone rather abruptly, I did not get a chance to tell you that my friend has communicated to me that he is meeting with his client this evening and he added that if there was anything you wanted to convey, you should tell me and my friend will bring it up for discussion this evening," Costello wrote.

According to Cohen, the aforementioned client was Donald Trump.

Asked about the vagueness of the email, Cohen testified that it was "sort of to be covert -- it is all back channel. Sort of eye spy-ish. Didn't want to put anybody's name."

Jurors then saw a June 2018 email between Cohen and Costello that suggested their relationship had begun to fray.

"I must tell you quite frankly that I am not used to listening to abuse like today's conversation," Costello wrote, referencing an "unfortunate outburst" by Cohen.

"Please remember if you want or need to communicate something, please let me know and I will see that it gets done. I hope I am not wrong but it seems to both Jeff and I that perhaps we have been played here," Costello wrote, referencing the back channel to Trump.

Cohen told the jury he was concerned about his communications with Costello making their way to Trump, and he began looking for other lawyers.

Cohen said Costello was "again pressuring me as he had done with constant calls and sending me emails and so on. He wanted to absolutely be retained to represent me in this matter. He was angered that I was willing to sit down with another attorney but not sit down with them, so I had enough."