Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Senate GOP sees early Supreme Court vote as political booster shot Poll: 51 percent of voters want to abolish the electoral college MORE's campaign manager Robby Mook disputed a report that President Obama called the Democratic nominee on election night to urge her to concede.

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"She made the decision to call Donald Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE," Mook said in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN.

"She made that decision on her own, before she spoke to the president," he continued.

"She made it because she believed and she had said during the campaign that it is important to our democracy that whoever wins, that their opponent concede the election and be supportive of them becoming president-elect and so she acted in good faith with that."

An account in a forthcoming book on Clinton's defeat, co-authored by The Hill's senior White House correspondent Amie Parnes, says the president called Clinton late on election night to persuade her to concede.

The Democratic nominee called Donald Trump to acknowledge her defeat in the early morning hours that Wednesday.

In her concession speech the day after the election, Clinton called on Democrats to have an open mind about the president-elect and said the country owes Trump an "a chance to lead."