Planned presidential transition of Hillary Clinton

The planned presidential transition of Hillary Clinton was the contingently planned presidential transition from President Barack Obama to Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party's nominee for president in the 2016 presidential election, under the 2010 Pre-election Presidential Transition Act and the Edward "Ted" Kaufman and Michael Leavitt Presidential Transitions Improvements Act of 2015. Because Donald Trump was elected president, the transition did not take place.
Clinton's transition team was chaired by former Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. Others on the transition team included: Maggie Williams, Neera Tanden, former National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, and former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm.
On July 30, 2016, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough spoke with representatives of the Trump and Clinton campaigns to discuss transition arrangements for assuming office in January. McDonough confirmed that the candidates would be eligible for interim national security briefings from the Director of National Intelligence. Clinton's transition team was also eligible to use federal workspace in Washington, D.C., and to attend meetings of the White House transition teams.
On November 9, 2016, the morning after election day, Clinton conceded the presidential race to Donald Trump. The defeat brought the planning for a Clinton presidential transition to an end.

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