As Donald Trump awaits sentencing in his hush money case, his lawyers are continuing their push to end the limited gag order prohibiting him from targeting witnesses.
The limited gag order remains in effect while Trump awaits sentencing.
I read an aticle about his recent New York trial and conviction. The author, a lawyer, said the same thing as you; that the tactics seemed to be more about feeding Trump's ego than presenting a coherent case.
Here's the thing about that gag order: It applies to everyone involved in the litigation. Defense, then-defendant-now-convicted-felon, and prosecution.
What it does not apply to are witnesses or bystanders or jurors. Because those people were neither accused nor convicted of any crimes.
The article often cites the filing, and it appears to always refer to the adjudicated rapist and convicted felon as "President Trump".
Is that a legal name for the treasonous lying coward?
ETA: I'm curious because, using a passport application as example, I couldn't call myself Dictator Madasshatter, unless Dictator was a legal title, ie, part of my legal name.
So, in a legal filing, can you refer to someone however you want?
Traditionally, before Trump, former American Presidents were called “President,” “Mr. President,” or “Former President.”
That said, good journalists are refraining from using present-tense “President” labels for Trump because of his election denial bullshit. They’re calling him “former” when they do refer to his previous job.
Not so much a legal name, but it's been convention that even after the person leaves office, they retain the title. After all, you can still describe him as the "45th President".