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 more money donated in one year than he spent in the past 15 years combined. josh leaderman for the first time ever last year made a donation to a republican representative in rural storm