Sen. Mitt Romney Willard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyTrump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance GOP lawmakers distance themselves from Trump comments on transfer of power McConnell pushes back on Trump: 'There will be an orderly transition' MORE (R-Utah) said the latest rape allegation against President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE should be "evaluated."

"It's a very serious allegation," Romney said, CNN reported Tuesday. "I hope that it is fully evaluated. The President said it didn't happen and I certainly hope that's the case."

But the frequent Trump critic also said he doesn't know who should conduct such an evaluation, saying, "Whether it's Congress or whether it's another setting, I'm not sure."

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Sen. Joni Ernst Joni Kay ErnstTillis appears to reinforce question about COVID-19 death toll The power of incumbency: How Trump is using the Oval Office to win reelection Poll: Trump opens up 6-point lead over Biden in Iowa MORE (R-Iowa), who generally supports the president, has also said that it's important that "any types of allegations like this are taken seriously, but they do have to be properly vetted," according to The Washington Post.

Writer E. Jean Carroll accused the president of raping her in the 1990s in an excerpt of her new book published last week in New York magazine. She wrote that the president attacked her in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman department store.

Trump has denied the allegation, telling The Hill in an exclusive interview that Carroll is "not my type."

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