It seems to me more a calculated hit to damage Steele, who after all was not at the strip club and apparently knew nothing about the indicent. (Poor thing, he was busy flying back from Hawaii.) The story was promoted by conservative Tucker Carlson on his "Daily Caller" website and has been mentioned repeatedly in National Review's Corner.
The blame should be assigned to the person who ran up the charges at the club, which apparently were billed as "meals." If the RNC staffer approved a fraudulent invoice, I'm not sure that justifies firing her. It might justify prosecuting the guy who submitted the invoice.
Should be: approved payment for a fraudulent invoice.