“As I conveyed to you during our meeting, it is not possible for any prosecutor to bring charges against any of the officers at this time," Schimel states. "First, the statute of limitations for any charges relating to your son's death expired in 2010. I was surprised that you were never told this before, but it is a legal reality and a complete bar to any homicide charge that might apply under the circumstances of the case. You had your civil attorney with you. He has been practicing law for over 40 years. He did not disagree that the statute of limitations expired long before I took office as Attorney General in 2015,” Schimel's letter reads in part.

In regard to the ads, Bell asserts that all of Schimel's quotes “are delivered completely in context and consistent with the tone and content” of Schimel's correspondence distributed in response to constituents on Dec. 8, including that his son's death was tragic, that it was “poorly investigated,” that the Kenosha Police Department may have lied and that there is apparently nothing Schimel can do about it.

Bell also stated his ads include a note to visit the “Plea for a change, the Michael Bell shooting” Facebook page where Schimel's Dec. 8 correspondence is posted in its entirety.