Trump Jr’s Triggered Gets $100,000 RNC Push

Want your book to be a bestseller? It turns out it’s very helpful to have powerful friends… or fathers, as the case may be.

The Huffington Post reports that Donald Trump Jr.’s Triggered, published early in November, had an unexpected push to the New York Times bestseller list:

The Republican National Committee spent $95,000 buying up the books, according to a campaign finance listing spotted by The New York Times.

Records from the Federal Election Commission reveal a $94,800 payment to BooksAMillion.com for “donor mementos” just days before Trump Jr.’s book was released on Nov. 5. Trump Jr. then joined an RNC fundraising email offering signed copies of the book to anyone who contributed $50 or more to the GOP.

This all despite the fact that the RNC had denied bulk purchases. From The Times:

“We haven’t made a large bulk purchase, but are ordering copies to keep up with demand,” Mike Reed, an R.N.C. spokesman, said two days after the fund-raising email promoting “Triggered” was sent. “Each book is sold to an individual who supports the Republican Party.”

But a financial disclosure form filed to the Federal Election Commission showed that the R.N.C. paid $94,800 to the bookseller chain Books-A-Million on Oct. 29, a week before the book went on sale. Disclosures filed by the R.N.C. indicate that the payment was for “donor mementos.”

When asked about the disclosure on Thursday, Mr. Reed confirmed that the money went toward “Triggered” orders, and added that the party committee made additional purchases in November. “The book has been hugely popular,” he said. ◊

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