White House counselor Kellyanne Conway Kellyanne Elizabeth ConwaySpecial counsel investigating DeVos for potential Hatch Act violation: report George and Kellyanne Conway honor Ginsburg Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death MORE said Tuesday that she doesn't plan to share any additional details from her recently revealed past sexual assault, calling the disclosure on Sunday unplanned.

Speaking at The Atlantic's Festival in Washington, D.C., the senior Trump White House aide shared that she has received negative comments since she revealed the assault during an interview on CNN's "State of the Union."

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"I don't plan to speak any further about it," Conway said on stage at the Tuesday event. "I can just tell you that that was newly revealed publicly, but not new or newly revealed where it matters."

"I didn't make a decision to reveal that, that just sort of happened," she added. "I think had I made a decision, I would have articulated it better."

Conway's revelation on Sunday came amid a defense of President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, who has been accused of sexual assault. During the interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, Conway noted that she doesn't believe Kavanaugh or his defenders in the Senate should be punished in order to empathize with victims of sexual assault.

"I feel very empathetic, frankly, for victims of sexual assault, and sexual harassment, and rape — I'm a victim of sexual assault," Conway said Sunday during the interview. "I don't expect Judge Kavanaugh, or Jake Tapper, or [Sen.] Jeff Flake Jeffrey (Jeff) Lane FlakeJeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Republican former Michigan governor says he's voting for Biden Maybe they just don't like cowboys: The president is successful, some just don't like his style MORE [R-Ariz.], or anybody to be held responsible for that."

The negative reaction since her revelation, she claimed, was entirely the result of her position in the Trump administration, which she says opens her up to demonization from her critics.

"A lot of people weren't nice because they don't want me or someone who works for Donald Trump to have any part of humanity or humility, both of which I possess," she told The Atlantic at the forum Tuesday. "I pray for those people because I have no idea what could possibly make people so negative and acerbic toward a stranger because we disagree."

Kavanaugh's nomination is expected to be voted on by the full Senate within the week after it was moved out of committee on a party-line vote on Friday. The White House has maintained support for Trump's nominee amid allegations of past sexual assaults, which the judge has fiercely denied.