​President Trump came to the defense of Brett Kavanaugh on Sunday after a new allegation of sexual misconduct surfaced against the Supreme Court justice — and suggested the Justice Department should “come to his rescue.”

“Now the Radical Left Democrats and their Partner, the LameStream Media, are after Brett Kavanaugh again, talking loudly of their favorite word, impeachment​,” Trump posted on Twitter. “​He is an innocent man who has been treated HORRIBLY. Such lies about him. They want to scare him into turning Liberal!​”

​In another tweet, he raised the idea that Kavanaugh “should start suing people for liable, or the Justice Department should come to his rescue​.”

“The lies being told about him are unbelievable. False Accusations without recrimination​,” the president continued. “When does it stop? They are trying to influence his opinions. Can’t let that happen!​”​

​The new accusation was revealed in a New York Times story that appeared online Saturday and in print Sunday.

The newspaper said Max Stier, a former classmate at Yale University, notified the FBI and senators that he allegedly saw Kavanaugh with his pants down at a party and his friends pushed his penis into a female student’s hands.

The alleged incident occurred when Kavanaugh was a freshman.

Stier, who runs a non-profit in Washington, DC, would not speak with the Times about the allegations but the newspaper said it corroborated the story with two officials who had spoken to him.

The FBI did not investigate Stier’s claims, the report said.

Kavanaugh was confirmed in a 50-48 Senate vote last October after undergoing a contentious hearing when Christine Blassey Ford accused him of sexual misconduct during a high school party they attended in the mid-1980s.

Kavanaugh denied the accusations and declined to address the new allegations with the Times.

The story, when it was published online Saturday, created a bizarre turn of events for the Times when it tweeted about the story, then retracted the tweet, only to retract the retraction and then offer an apology.