Gambiaj.com – (NEW-YORK) – Michael Cohen testified that Donald Trump was deeply concerned about his 2016 election prospects when he ordered Cohen to bury Stormy Daniels’ story about about having had sex with Trump a decade earlier.

The testimony is crucial to prosecutors’ theory that the hush money payment to Daniels in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign was a form of election interference.

Cohen testified that after he told Trump that Daniels’ claims might resurface that fall, Trump grew angry with him and told him to “just take care of it.”

“He said to me: ‘This is a disaster. Total disaster. Women are going to hate me. This is really a disaster. Women will hate me. Guys may think it’s cool, but this is going to be a disaster for the campaign,’” Cohen said.

“At the time, Mr. Trump was polling very, very low with women,” Cohen explained. “He was polling very poorly with women — and this, coupled with the previous Access Hollywood” tape.

Trump told Cohen to “get control over it,” Cohen testified.

While Cohen sought to negotiate a deal with Daniels, Trump instructed him to “just get past the election, because if I win, it will have no relevance because I’ll be president, and if I lose, no one will care.”

When Cohen asked how Daniels’ claims might affect Trump’s relationship with Melania, Trump told him, “Don’t worry.”

“He goes, ‘How long do you think I’ll be on the market for? Not long,'” Cohen recounted.

“He wasn’t thinking about Melania,” Cohen said. “This was all about the campaign.”