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Paul, 24, known for his viral YouTube pranks,
was being investigated after he filmed looting at a shopping
mall in Scottsdale, Arizona in May 2020 at the height of
nationwide protests by Black Lives Matter supporters.
"Based upon the investigation and evidence available at this
time, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of
Arizona is not pursuing federal charges against Jake Paul for
his conduct," the U.S. Attorney's office in Arizona said in a
statement.
Misdemeanor charges against Paul had already been dismissed.
The FBI said in August last year that it was investigating
allegations of criminal acts at the Scottsdale Fashion Square
that took place around nationwide street demonstrations in May
last year over the killing of unarmed Black man George Floyd in
Minneapolis. FBI agents also raided Paul's mansion outside Los
Angeles.
Police said at the time that Paul took part in the unrest.
Paul, who has some 20 million YouTube subscribers, at the time
denied that he or anyone with him took part in looting or
vandalism, saying he was merely documenting what happened.
(Reporting by David Schwartz; Editing by Alistair Bell)
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