 In March 2001, it was revealed that Rodham had helped gain a March 2000 presidential pardon for Edgar Allen Gregory Jr., and his wife, Vonna Jo, a Tennessee couple in the carnival business who had been convicted of bank fraud.The pardon was granted over the objections of the U.S. Justice Department.Rodham acknowledged talking to Bill Clinton about a pardon; he said he received no money for his work, but he did have financial ties to the couple as a consultant.