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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 iowa's 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 firm more than $74,000 and also donated more than $36,000 to republican campaigns in 2018. that's mor...

>> reporter: cnn talked to more than a dozen officials, judges, public defenders who supported the program. but here is where iowa's story takes a dark twist. because in the middle of last year's state budget process and out of the blue this line was inserted into an appropriations bill which stopped iowa's 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 bonds didn't like the program because there were defends, people being held in jail that were gett...

Bond. they were losing business. >> reporter: that's 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 iowa's polk county jail. it's 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. they've paid a lobbying firm more than $64,000, and donated more than $36,000 to republican campaigns in 2018, more money donated in one year than he's spent in the past 15 years combined. josh lederman ...