The venue moving to a federal court, for a person federally considered pardoned of all federal jeopardy, seems like a problem.
IANAL but I don't see why a federal pardon wouldn't be binding on a federal court when the pardon is for the exact thing being considered (or possibly, a la Hunter Biden, pardoned of everything a federal criminal court could ever consider).
The venue moving to a federal court, for a person federally considered pardoned of all federal jeopardy, seems like a problem.
IANAL but I don't see why a federal pardon wouldn't be binding on a federal court when the pardon is for the exact thing being considered (or possibly, a la Hunter Biden, pardoned of everything a federal criminal court could ever consider).