(Texas Tribune) - David Maxwell, the former top cop under Attorney General Ken Paxton, has endorsed Paxton's opponent, James Talarico, for U.S. Senate.

Maxwell spent nearly 50 years working in law enforcement in Texas, as a Texas Ranger, a sergeant in the Texas Department of Public Safety and the director of law enforcement for the attorney general's office for nearly a decade.

David Maxwell, former Texas Ranger and top aide to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, is sworn in on day four of Paxton's impeachment trial in the Texas Senate on Sept. 8, 2023.(Photo: Bob Daemmrch for the Texas Tribune)In 2020, he and other top agency employees reported Paxton to the FBI, claiming he had improperly used the office to benefit his friend and political donor, Nate Paul.