Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellFEC flags McConnell campaign over suspected accounting errors Poll: 59 percent think president elected in November should name next Supreme Court justice Mark Kelly: Arizona Senate race winner should be sworn in 'promptly' MORE (R-Ky.) reportedly called President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE to warn the president that his criticism of the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct was not helpful.

CNN, citing two people familiar with the phone conversation, reported on Sunday that McConnell made the call regarding Trump's Supreme Court nominee after the president fired off a series of tweets about his accuser.

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An aide to McConnell told CNN that Trump and McConnell "speak all the time." But the aide added that he had no "read-outs" providing more detail of their discussions.

On Friday, Trump questioned the credibility of the accusation that Christine Blasey Ford, a 51-year-old California psychologist, has leveled against Kavanaugh.

"I have no doubt that, if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities by either her or her loving parents," he tweeted.

"I ask that she bring those filings forward so that we can learn date, time, and place."

Ford has accused Kavanaugh of drunkenly pinning her to a bed one summer while they were in high school in the 1980s. Ford says Kavanaugh groped "her over her clothes, grinding his body against hers and clumsily attempting to pull off her one-piece bathing suit and the clothing she wore over it."

Kavanaugh has denied the accusations.

Many lawmakers ripped Trump's comments about Ford as inappropriate.

Sen. Susan Collins Susan Margaret CollinsClub for Growth to spend million in ads for Trump Supreme Court nominee Maryland's GOP governor says Republicans shouldn't rush SCOTUS vote before election The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - GOP closes ranks to fill SCOTUS vacancy by November MORE (R-Maine) said on Friday that she was "appalled" by the president's remark.

“First of all, we know that allegations of sexual assault — I’m not saying that’s what happened in this case — but we know allegations of sexual assault are one of the most unreported crimes that exist," she said.

Despite McConnell's reported misgiving with Trump's tweets, the Kentucky senator has appeared confident that Kavanaugh would be confirmed in the future.

“You’ve watched the fight. You’ve watched the tactics, But here’s what I want to tell you: In the very near future, Judge Kavanaugh will be on the United States Supreme Court … Don’t get rattled by all of this. We’re going to plow right through it and do our job,” McConnell said at the conservative Values Voter Summit on Friday.

A new hearing on the allegation Ford has leveled against Kavanaugh is scheduled to take place after she conditionally accepted GOP senators' offer on Saturday to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee.