The cash-strapped Republican National Committee (RNC) continues to trail its Democratic counterpart in campaign fundraising. But a new rule recently passed by GOP-friendly officials on the Federal Election Commission (FEC) may end up being a critical lifeline for Republicans this election cycle. According to the Daily Beast, three Republican members of the FEC appointed during former President Donald Trump’s administration recently passed an obscure ruling that effectively approved the expenditure of RNC funds on the ex-president’s legal bills. The Beast’s Roger Sollenberger and Mini Racker wr…