position share some of the financial cost of this-— cost of this. and in terms of accountability, _ cost of this. and in terms of accountability, you - cost of this. and in terms of accountability, you have - cost of this. and in terms of| accountability, you have just mentioned accountability, you havejust mentioned fujitsu. there are chief executives and chairmen at the post office and women who have gone on to otherjobs with bonuses and pensions intact. can you say to the same postmasters tonight and to the general public watching tonight that if they need to be held accountable they will be?— they will be? yes, absolutely. and by whatever _ they will be? yes, absolutely. and by whatever means. _ they will be? yes, absolutely. and by whatever means. we _ they will be? yes, absolutely. and by whatever means. we have - they will be? yes, absolutely. and by whatever means. we have to i they will be? yes, absolutely. and | by whatever means. we have to act within the law of course, but as well as the inquiry happening, our enforcement agencies, our people in charge of prosecutions in this country i'm sure are taking a very keen interest in the evidence coming to light as a result of the inquiry, but those are matters that clearly the police for example a completely independent of government, and nevertheless what i personally like to see individuals held to account for what happened to the people involved in this scandal? absolutely i would. �* .,
in fact you've been costing the county a lot of money. they've had more lawsuits in your county that this combined in many cities. look at $a million you cost, 6,300 claims and lawsuits. it doesn't cost you any money. >> wait a minute. >> that's a lot of money. >> oh, come on. 61,000 inmates, 43 lawsuits. come on, in your county, 2,150 lawsuits with only 9,200 inmates. how do you explain that? >> well, first of all you're going back on statistics. i don't know what you're reading. it's not $50 million. it's about $22 million sin i became sheriff. >> it's about what? >> $22 million since i became sheriff almost 20 years ago. look at other departments, what they pay out. you know, you sued the new york