A disclosure to the Federal Elections Commission confirms that a bulk purchase of Donald Trump’s new book, “Triggered” helped propel it to number one on the New York Times bestseller list. The Times writes:

“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.”

On the bestseller list, Triggered is denoted with a small dagger symbol that means its ranking was bumped by bulk orders. It is the only book in the top ten with the dagger. The publisher of the book says demand has been “overwhelming.”