In an interview published by The Hill on Monday, Trump further denied the accusation.

“I’ll say it with great respect: Number one, she’s not my type. Number two, it never happened. It never happened, OK?”

In an earlier statement, released on Friday night, Trump said the encounter described by Carroll never happened and that he did not know her. Trump asked that anyone who has information that Carroll or the magazine were working with the Democratic Party to come forward.

Carroll denied politics played any role in her decision to come forward.

"I'm barely political. I can't name you the candidates who are running right now," she told CNN. "I'm not organised . . . . I'm just fed up."

"I can't believe that he's in the White House, and it makes me sick," she said. "What else can I do but just tell my story?"

Carroll, a registered Democrat, told The Post in an interview Friday that she voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. She donated $US1000 this cycle to Emily's List, which supports female candidates who back abortion rights, and $US500 to President Barack Obama's reelection campaign in 2012, according to campaign finance records.

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On Twitter, she has posted several sharp remarks about Trump and retweets of satirical and critical articles about him.

Carroll has alleged that the assault took place more than 20 years ago in a dressing room of an upscale Manhattan department store. She detailed the alleged encounter in a book excerpt published Friday in New York magazine.

In The Post interview, Carroll repeated the allegations, saying that during a chance encounter with the then-real estate developer at Bergdorf Goodman in late 1995 or early 1996, Trump attacked her in a dressing room. She said he knocked her head against a wall, pulled down her tights and briefly penetrated her before she pushed him off and ran out.

During the CNN interview, Carroll said she would be open to working with the New York Police Department in a criminal investigation into the attack.

"I would consider it," she said, adding that her lawyers have advised her that the statute of limitations deadline has expired for bringing such a complaint.

Carroll said she plans to continue speaking out about the alleged assault by Trump.

"We have to hold him accountable - not only him, but a lot of guys," she said.

The Washington Post