--- title: New York Times Responds to Donald Trump's Retraction Demand description: The New York Times on Thursday declined to retract a story in which two women accused Donald Trump of touching them inappropriately canonical: https://time.com/4530428/new-york-times-donald-trump-lawsuit/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-13T19:05:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T01:11:27.815Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read the New York Times' Response to Donald Trump's Retraction Demand og:description: "We welcome the opportunity to have a court set him straight" og:url: https://time.com/4530428/new-york-times-donald-trump-lawsuit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read the New York Times' Response to Donald Trump's Retraction Demand twitter:description: "We welcome the opportunity to have a court set him straight" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Read the New York _Times'_ Response to Donald Trump's Retraction Demand  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Oct 13, 2016 7:05 PM UTC  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Oct 13, 2016 7:05 PM UTC The New York _Times_ on Thursday [declined](http://www.nytco.com/the-new-york-timess-response-to-donald-trumps-retraction-letter/) to retract a [story in which two women](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/13/us/politics/donald-trump-women.html) accused Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump of touching them inappropriately. An attorney for Trump sent a letter [demanding a retraction](https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/DemandForRetraction.PDF) and apology for the story, calling it “reckless” and “defamatory.” Trump also railed against the newspaper at a rally on Thursday, “We did what the law allows: We published newsworthy information about a subject of deep public concern,” David McCraw, assistant General Counsel for the _Times_, said in response. “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.” Read the full letter below: > [](https://twitter.com/NYTimesComm/status/786623869004111872) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4530428/new-york-times-donald-trump-lawsuit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4530428/new-york-times-donald-trump-lawsuit/"},"headline":"Read the New York Times' Response to Donald Trump's Retraction Demand","datePublished":"2016-10-13T19:05:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:11:27.815Z","description":"\"We welcome the opportunity to have a court set him straight\"","url":"https://time.com/4530428/new-york-times-donald-trump-lawsuit/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump","transcripts"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4530428/new-york-times-donald-trump-lawsuit/","name":"Read the New York Times' Response to Donald Trump's Retraction Demand"}}]}] ```