WASHINGTON — A lawyer loyal to President Donald Trump was sworn in as the top federal prosecutor in eastern Virginia on Monday, as the president becomes increasingly impatient for the indictments of two people he despises: former FBI Director James B. Comey and Attorney General Letitia James of New York.

The lawyer, Lindsey Halligan, a White House adviser and former Trump defense attorney with no prosecutorial experience, was tapped as the interim U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, whose office has been conducting separate investigations of Comey and James. In a sign of how rushed the replacement process was, the internal Justice Department email announcing Halligan’s arrival misspelled her first name.

Halligan replaces Erik S. Siebert, who was forced out of the job late

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