The New York Times on Thursday responded to Republican nominee Donald Trump’s threat of legal action with an eloquent response that in vernacular is akin to “bring it on.”

Trump’s lawyer Marc Kasowitz on Wednesday demanded the New York Times refrain from publishing “libelous” articles after the newspaper reported that two more women accused Trump of sexual misconduct.

The newspaper is not backing down.

“It would have been a disservice not just to our readers but to democracy itself to silence their voices,” wrote David McCraw, assistant general counsel for the newspaper, in a letter to Kasowitz.

McCraw asserted that the article in question had not the slightest impact on Trump’s reputation which he had already built up for himself with his own words and actions.

“If Mr. Trump disagrees, if he believes that American citizens had no right to hear what these women had to say and that the law of this country forces us and those who would dare to criticize him to stand silent or be punished, we welcome the opportunity to have a court set him straight.”

Trump on Thursday rejected the women’s claims that he had inappropriately touched them and characterized the allegations as “lies.”

“These events never, ever happened. And the people that said them fully understand,” Trump said at a rally in West Palm Beach, Fla.