President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted in support of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after a new allegation of sexual harassment surfaced against him.

Trump railed against Democrats and the media hours after The New York Times reported Saturday that a former college classmate of Kavanaugh tried to tip off US senators and the FBI last year to another previously unreported sexual-misconduct allegation.

The account was similar to an allegation made by Deborah Ramirez, another Yale classmate, who accused Kavanaugh of pulling his pants down and thrusting his penis in her face at a dorm party.

Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court in October after a tumultuous battle over multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against him.

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President Donald Trump tweeted in support of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Sunday in the wake of a new allegation of sexual harassment against him.

In two tweets posted about 30 minutes apart Sunday morning, Trump railed against "Radical Left Democrats" and "the LameStream Media," hours after The New York Times reported Saturday that a former college classmate of Kavanaugh tried to tip off US senators and the FBI last year to a previously unreported sexual-misconduct allegation. The report prompted calls by some Democrats for Kavanaugh to be impeached.

Trump didn't specifically mention the report but echoed his previous comments dismissing discussions about his own impeachment.

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

Julián Castro, the former secretary of housing and urban development who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, was among those calling for Kavanaugh to be impeached, tweeting that it was "more clear than ever that Brett Kavanaugh lied under oath" and that "Congress should review the failure of the Department of Justice to properly investigate the matter."

Only one US justice has been impeached: Justice Samuel Chase went through the process in 1805 before he was acquitted by the Senate.

In a second tweet, Trump called for the Justice Department to come to Kavanaugh's defense and said Kavanaugh should "start suing people" over the reported accounts, which Trump waved off as "false accusations" and "lies."

"Brett Kavanaugh should start suing people for libel, or the Justice Department should come to his rescue," Trump wrote. "The lies being told about him are unbelievable. False Accusations without recrimination. When does it stop?"

The president also said an unidentified "They" were "trying to influence his opinions." He continued: "Can't let that happen!"

Trump doubled down on the attacks later Sunday, decrying the calls for Kavanaugh's impeachment and calling the corroborated account of sexual harassment "made up stories...false allegations and lies."

"Can't let Brett Kavanaugh give Radical Left Democrat (Liberal Plus) Opinions based on threats of Impeaching him over made up stories (sound familiar?), false allegations, and lies," Trump wrote. "This is the game they play. Fake and Corrupt News is working overtime! #ProtectKavanaugh."

The Justice Department did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment about Trump's tweet.

The president's tweets came after two New York Times reporters reported that Max Stier, a former Yale student, had told lawmakers and the FBI that he saw friends push Kavanaugh's penis into a female student's hands at a drunken dorm party during Kavanaugh's freshman year.

The account bears similarities to an allegation made by Deborah Ramirez, another Yale classmate, who accused Kavanaugh of pulling his pants down and thrusting his penis in her face at a different dorm party.

Stier declined to discuss the allegation with The Times, but the reporters said they corroborated details of the story with two officials who spoke about the matter with Stier.

Read more: A former classmate of Brett Kavanaugh reportedly tipped off the FBI and senators to another allegation of sexual misconduct

Ronna McDaniel, the chair of the Republican National Committee, doubled down on Trump's tweeting fury, as she wrote on Twitter that the story, because of Stier's refusal to speak with The Times, was "journalistically indefensible," even though it was corroborated.

Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court last October after a tumultuous battle over multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, most prominently by Christine Blasey Ford. The Times said Stier's account was reported to the FBI during the confirmation process last year but was not investigated by the agency.

Kavanaugh, who has adamantly denied Ford's and Ramirez's allegations, declined to answer the Times reporters' questions about Stier's story.