In 30 years of public life, there hasn't been a single shred of evidence to back up that claim. These people you know are sadly misinformed.
Starting an argument from "this is ok because we're right and they're wrong" means that you have to expect the other side to use the exact same argument. I'd rather not see us go down the road of firing people for supporting popular candidates, if only because everyone can do it.
http://www.g-a-i.org/u/2016/08/Report-Skolkvovo-08012016.pdf
Possibly not the most unbiased of sources, I think.
This comment is actually pretty hilarious given the fact that Teneo Holdings, mentioned in the report, was founded by ex Bill Clinton staffers, and had Bill Clinton and Tony Blair as 2 of it's original 3 advisors. Huma Abedin is presently on the Teneo payroll.
If those sorts of ties between people are problematic to you, then you must ABSOLUTELY HATE the Clintons, because the same type of arrangement is how literally everyone close to them got there.
Funding should always be considered, but is not cause to discount otherwise valid methodologies and findings.
saying stuff like this doesn't help your cause. it really, really doesn't.