washington president donald trump former campaign manager paul manafort violate court gag order help edit opinion piece political work ukraine defense lawyer kevin down say court file thursday file come prosecutors work special counsel robert mueller early week say could long agree lenient bail term manafort discover work colleague tie russian intelligence agencies ghost-write opinion piece cast political work favorable light down say thursday file client involve edit piece ensure accuracy would prejudice case ultimately publish ukrainian newspaper american one manafort 's work draft op-ed violate gag order defense lawyer