IMO, it is extremely unlikely that the DC judge will hand down a consecutive sentence
Consecutive sentences are usually reserved for violent career criminals who need to be locked up to protect society. In over 30 years of handling criminal cases on the state (NJ) level I never had a defendant sentenced to consecutive sentences.
The DC judge will hand down whatever sentence she deems appropriate, but a consecutive sentence would, imo, appear to be an attempt on her behalf to remedy today's inadequate sentencing by another federal judge and I cannot in any circumstance believe that a federal judge would comment or attempt to manipulate the sentence of another federal judge. It just is not done.
Much more likely is that she renders a sentence that is close to the guidelines for the case and makes it concurrent to the 47 months he got today. So if she does that and sentences Manafort to, say, 5-6 years, then that is what he will serve in total.
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