Leaderman Bail Bonds News Today

They were losing business. >> that was it. >> market share. >> leaderman bail bonds, a huge bail bonds company in iowa with 150 agents across the midwest and a drive through service just outside the gates of iowas poke county jaj. this is jacob in des moines who told us to talk to his brother josh. josh? davenport declined interview requests. cnn did digging and it turns outs the leaderman may have decided money would do the talking. since 2017 josh leaderman has paid a powerful iowa lobbying fi...

>> reporter: cnn talked to more than a dozen officials, judges, public defenders who supported the program. but here is where iowas story takes a dark twist. because in the middle of last years state budget process and out of the blue this line was inserted into an appropriations bill which stopped iowas bail reform in its tracks. the public safety assessment pilot program shall be terminated. it turns outlet behind the scenes there was an explanation, you just had to follow the money. >> bail b...

Bond. they were losing business. >> reporter: thats it? >> market share. >> leaderman bail bonds, a huge company in iowa with 150 agents across the midwest and a drive-thru service just outside the gates of iowas polk county jail. its run by the leaderman brothers. this is jacob told us to talk to josh. cnn did in digging and it turns out the leddermans decided money would do their talking. theyve paid a lobbying firm more than $64,000, and donated more than $36,000 to republican campaigns in 20...