In his typical post-court remarks, Donald Trump blasted the 'hush money' trial on Thursday for taking up his time and finances.

After spending several minutes reading off a series of printed-out news clippings about his trial, Trump began by thanking his legal team.

"I just want to thank all the lawyers involved because they've been really working hard," the former president said. "And I'm spending a lot of time and I'm spending a lot of money which is what they want. They want me to spend my time and my money.

"I'm willing to do it because ultimately we have to fight for the Constitution. Thank you very much."

The jury had been excused just moments earlier after another day of testimony by Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen.

The trial is set to resume on Monday since Trump will be attending his son's high school graduation in Florida.

A scheduling update: “Please be prepared to begin summations on Tuesday," says Justice Merchan.

Michael Cohen will resume cross-examination Monday, and Trump attorney Todd Blanche says that he expects to be done by the morning.

The jury was excused a few minutes ago. They will return to court Monday — not Friday — since Trump will attend his son Barron's high school graduation in Florida.

Jurors were shown the hush money contract struck with Stormy Daniels during Cohen's cross-examination.

“In your mind, then and now, this is a perfectly legal contract, correct?” Trump attorney Todd Blanche asked Cohen about the nondisclosure agreement.

“Yes sir,” Cohen said.

Blanche also noted that Trump did not sign the contract.

With Post wires

The phony name David Dennison that was used in Donald Trump's hush money agreement with Stormy Daniels was actually a real person whom Stormy's attorney Keith Davidson knew.

"I believe he knew a David Dennison. Why Peggy Peterson — I don’t have an answer," Cohen said.

Cohen confirmed that the NDA contract between Daniels and Trump was a "perfectly legal contract" and "happens all the time."

Dennison was the alias Trump used in the contract; Peggy Peterson was used by Daniels.

Michael Cohen said that Donald Trump didn't "initially" think the Karen McDougal story would hurt him — but also confirmed that Trump was worried about how the story would be perceived by wife Melania Trump and his children.

Trump attorney Todd Blanche asked Cohen if Trump "at least initially" didn't think the story from the former Playboy model would hurt him. Cohen confirmed: "Initially, yes"

He then agreed that one of Trump's worries about the story was the reactions of his wife and kids.

Asked by Donald Trump attorney Todd Blanche whether Michael Cohen has 95 “secret recordings” saved on his cellphone.

The conversations were recorded without the other person's knowledge, Cohen testified. He said he recorded Trump, ex-CNN boss Jeff Zucker and journalists.

Text messages between Michael Cohen and a 14-year-old prank caller were shown to the jury — where Cohen said he called the Secret Service on the kid, who begged for mercy.

“I DIDNT DO IT,” says a text message from the teen on October 24, 2016.

“Im 14,” another text reads. “Please… don’t….do this.”

Cohen sent the first text to the number notifying them that he had reported the “ongoing and continuous harassment” to the Secret Service.

“This number has just been sent to Secret Service for your ongoing and continuous harassment to both my cell as well as the organization’s main line,” Cohen wrote in a message.

When the prankster said that it wasn’t them but a friend who told them to call Cohen, they told Cohen that they were “sorry” and they wouldn’t “do it again.”

“You’ll need to explain this to secret service as we have been receiving dozens of these harassing calls over the past 3 days. If you are a minor I suggest you notify your parent or guardian,” Cohen writes.

In a heated back-and-forth before the lunch break, Donald Trump lawyer Todd Blanche tried to get Michael Cohen to admit that he lied when he claimed he spoke to the ex-president about the Stormy Daniels payment -- arguing that Cohen was actually busy complaining about a teenage prankster.

Blanche said Cohen's claim was a lie because at the time, Cohen was actually speaking to Trump bodyguard Keith Schiller "about getting harassing phone calls from a 14-year-old.”

“Part of it was about the phone calls, but I knew that Keith was with Mr. Trump at the time, and it was more than potentially just this,” Cohen responded.

His voice growing louder, Blanche countered: “You had enough time in that 1 minute and 36 seconds to update Mr. Schiller about all the problems you were having with this harassing phone call and also update President Trump on the status of the Stormy Daniels situation?”

Cohen said he believed he was telling the truth about the conversation, but the phone logs and records showed by Blanche refreshed his memory.

“Yes, I believe I was telling the truth," he testified.

“We are not asking for your belief," Blanche shot back even more loudly. "This jury does not want to hear what you think happened."

With Post wires

Justice Juan Merchan has returned to the bench.

"We'll see you at 2:15 p.m.," says the judge.

GOP Reps. Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert and Anna Paulina Luna spoke out against Donald Trump's "hush money" trial in a press conference outside the Manhattan Criminal Court.

Multiple other Republican members of Congress also attended Thursday's testimony to support Trump.