Michael Cohen told jurors that he lied to Congress in 2017 when he understated Trump's involvement in a Trump Tower project in Moscow.

Cohen told Congress that he spoke to Trump about the project three times, but they actually spoke ten times according to Cohen. He added that he misrepresented the timeline of those conversations.

"Why did you make those false statements to Congress?" prosecutor Susan Hoffinger asked.

"Because I was staying on Mr. Trump's message that there was no Russia, Russia, Russia and in coordination with the joint defense team. That was what was preferred," Cohen said.

Cohen said he also initially lied about the hush payment to Stormy Daniels.

"Did you tell the truth about Mr. Trump's role in the payoff?" Hoffinger asked.

"No ma'am," Cohen said.

Cohen told jurors that he pressured Daniels' attorney Keith Davidson to have Daniels sign a false statement denying her affair with Trump.

"Did you know this statement by Stormy Daniels was false?" Hoffinger asked.

"Yes," Cohen said.

Trump, at the defense table, scoffed when Cohen testified that he told Trump he got Stormy Daniels to deny their affair in 2018 so that he could "get credit" with Trump.

Michael Cohen testified that during this time period, in 2017, he continued to lie and try to protect Trump.

"Did you continue to try to protect him?" prosecutor Susan Hoffinger asked Cohen.

"Yes," he said.

"Continued to lie for him?" Hoffinger asked.

"Yes," said Cohen. "Out of loyalty, and in order to protect him."

During this exchange, Trump shifted his head then whipped around to whisper to his attorney Emil Bove.

Cohen told the jury he did minimal work for Trump in 2017, working on small issues for which he "didn't expect to be paid" -- despite the invoices he submitted throughout the year being designated as retainer fees.

The work he performed included a trademark issue and others, Cohen testified.

Asked if he submitted an invoice, Cohen said no.

"I didn't expect to be paid," he said

Cohen estimated he spent "less than 10" hours working for Trump in 2017.

"Was the $420,000 dollars that you received from Mr. Trump ... did that have anything to do with the minimal work you did for him in 2017?" prosecutor Susan Hoffinger asked.

"No ma'am," Cohen said.

Trump, during this testimony, has been sitting back in his chair with his eyes closed. He occasionally shifts in his seat.

Michael Cohen told jurors that he submitted 11 invoices to the Trump Organization over the course of 2017 to get his reimbursement for the Stormy Daniels hush money payment and other expenses -- but that they were false records because they were not for their stated purpose of a retainer fee.

Asked the purpose of the $420,000 payment over the year, Cohen said "the reimbursement to me of the hush money fee along with Red Finch, and the bonus."

"Was this invoice a false record?" prosecutor Susan Hoffinger asked.

"Yes ma'am," Cohen said.

"Were any of those invoices you submitted for services performed pursuant to a retainer agreement?" Hoffinger asked.

"No," Cohen replied.

Hoffinger then walked Cohen through each of the false invoices he sent, and the checks that he received in return.

As Hoffinger showed Cohen each document, he confirmed that there was no retainer agreement at the time and that the invoices were false.

"Is that a false record?" Hoffinger asked about each invoice.

"Yes ma'am," Cohen said.

After each invoice, Cohen identified the check he received.

"Did you receive this check for $35,000 in response to that false invoice?" Hoffinger asked.

"Yes ma'am," Cohen replied.

"Whose signature is it?" asked Hoffinger.

"Donald J. Trump" said Cohen.

"Was this the last check that you received from Mr. Trump or anyone at the Trump Organization?" Hoffinger asked about a December 2017 check for $35,000.

"Yes," Cohen said, explaining that the "full reimbursement of the $420,0000 had been paid."

For the second time during the trial, the jury was shown the paperwork for Resolution Consultants LLC, the shell company Michael Cohen formed initially to pay AMI for the Karen McDougal payment.

Cohen conceded he did not give First Republic Bank the "true reason" for the account.

"I'm not sure they would have opened it," Cohen said, if the bank knew the true reason "was to pay off an adult film star for a nondisclosure agreement"

"Need an account opened for Mike Cohen immediately. He wants no address on the checks," Cohen's banker wrote to a colleague on Oct. 13, 2016, when he earlier testified earlier about Cohen's frantic effort to open the two bank accounts in October 2016.

Prosecutors suggested that Cohen misled bankers when he opened the bank account by stating the account was for legitimate business purposes.

Cohen told jurors that he opted to rename the shell company to Essential Consultants after realizing that Resolution Consultants LLC was a real company owned by a friend. The $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels was made from a new account for Essential Consultants.