Judge Juan Merchan on Tuesday imposed a gag order on Donald Trump, barring the former president from making statements about potential witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors in the trial related to alleged hush-money payments.

New York district attorney Alvin Bragg was excluded from the order, which comes weeks before jury selection is set to begin on April 15. 

Trump is facing 34 counts of falsifying business records over his alleged involvement with a hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.