Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen testified that as Stormy Daniels' layer Keith Davidson pushed him to make good on the $130,000 hush payment to Stormy Daniels, he sought to "continue to delay, delay the execution of the documents, delay execution of funding."

The jury saw an email exchange in which "I used the holiday, Yom Kipur, as a way of once again of trying to delay it until after the election," Cohen said.

"And the reason for that?" asked prosecutor Susan Hoffinger.

"Because after the election it wouldn't matter," Cohen said.

"According to who?" Hoffinger asked.

"According to Mr. Trump," Cohen said.

Trump’s eyes appeared to be closed again as the questioning continued.

With the lunch break over, Michael Cohen has returned to the witness stand to resume his direct examination.

He did not look at Trump when he returned to the courtroom following the break.

Michael Cohen said that he asked Trump about how Trump's wife Melania might respond to the Stormy Daniels story.

"How's things going to go upstairs?" Cohen said he asked Trump.

According to Cohen, Trump responded, "How long do you think I'll be on the market for? Not long."

According to Cohen, Trump's main concern was the campaign.

"This was all about the campaign," Cohen said.

"I want you to push it out as long as you can," Cohen said Trump told him about the Daniels story. "Push it out past the election, because if I win, it has no relevance, and if I lose I don't really care."

It was "about delaying the deal and trying to push it past the election, which was coming," Cohen testified.

Trump, during this testimony, was leaning back in his chair angled slightly toward Cohen.

Court was subsequently dismissed for the lunch break.

Cohen stepped off the witness stand and looked away from the defense counsel table as he passed Trump.

Trump then exited the courtroom for the break.

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.

Prosecutors introduced text messages between Michael Cohen and his daughter related to Cohen not being considered for Trump's chief of staff after Trump won the 2016 election.

"My daughter and I are very close -- we are very much connected and she was concerned that I was upset that I was not being considered for the role," Cohen said. "I explained to her that there are so many opportunities."

By December 2016, Cohen said, he was "beyond angry." His Trump Organization bonus had been cut by two-thirds.

"I was truly insulted, personally hurt. Didn't understand it," Cohen said of his feelings. "It made no sense, after all that I had gone through in terms of the campaign as well as things at the Trump Organization, and laying out $130,000 on his behalf to protect him."

"It was insulting that the gratitude shown back to me was to cut the bonus by two-thirds," Cohen said.

Cohen said he was "truly pissed off and angry," he recalled telling then-CFO Allen Weisselberg.

At that point, Cohen had not been paid back for the Daniels advance and expressed as much to Weisselberg.

"The best that you get for extending yourself as I did is to have your bonus cut by two-thirds?" Cohen recalled saying. He said Weisselberg responded by saying, "We'll make this right."

Trump, at the defense table, showed no reaction as Cohen recounted his emotional response to having his bonus cut.