小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪知情人士告诉ABC新闻，他计划在本周末退出总统竞选。
消息人士告诉ABC新闻，肯尼迪计划支持唐纳德·特朗普-但当被美国广播公司新闻直接问及他是否会支持前总统时，肯尼迪说，“我不会确认或否认这一点。”
“我们不会谈论这些，”他说。
消息人士警告说，该决定尚未最终确定，仍有可能发生变化，一位消息人士补充说，肯尼迪的希望部分是尽快敲定事情，以试图削弱民主党全国代表大会的势头。
正在讨论的一种可能的情况是，肯尼迪周五在凤凰城的一次活动中与特朗普一起登台，尽管消息人士警告说，肯尼迪的想法可能总是会改变，接近特朗普的消息人士表示，周五的计划尚未敲定。
一位熟悉这封邮件的消息人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，肯尼迪的竞选经理埃玛里斯·福克斯周三早上给高级职员发了电子邮件，感谢他们的辛勤工作，但表示还没有做出前进的决定。
据消息人士透露，福克斯写道:“有几条潜在的前进道路，而不是两条，我可以见证鲍比在考虑每一条道路时投入的关注和检查。”
肯尼迪的发言人在X上发布消息称，肯尼迪将“向全国发表讲话”周五直播讨论他的“前进之路”，但没有提供细节。
特朗普竞选团队的发言人没有立即回应置评请求。
关于民主党大会和民主党总统候选人卡玛拉·哈里斯，甘乃迪告诉美国广播公司，“我认为这是一场加冕礼，不是民主。没人投票。谁选择了卡玛拉?不是选民。”
他还抱怨他的竞选活动受到的对待。
“她在四周内从民主党最大的负担变成了基督的第二次降临，没有接受一次采访，没有参加一场辩论，没有任何人认为不荒谬的政策，”他说。“这不是民主。”
RFK Jr. expected to drop out of race by end of week, plans to endorse Trump: Sources
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.is planning to drop out of the presidential race by the end of this week, sources familiar with the decision tell ABC News.
Sources tell ABC News that Kennedy plans to endorseDonald Trump-- but when asked directly by ABC News if he will be endorsing the former president, Kennedy said, "I will not confirm or deny that."
"We are not talking about any of that," he said.
Sources cautioned the decision is not yet finalized and could still change, with one source adding that Kennedy's hope is, in part, to finalize things quickly in order to try to blunt momentum from the Democratic National Convention.
One possible scenario being discussed is for Kennedy to appear on stage with Trump at an event in Phoenix on Friday, though the sources cautioned that Kennedy's thinking could always change and sources close to Trump say no plan for Friday is finalized.
Kennedy's campaign manager, Amaryllis Fox, emailed senior staff on Wednesday morning thanking them for their hard work -- but indicated a decision on the way forward had not been made, a source familiar with the email told ABC News.
"There are a couple potential paths forward, not only two, and I can bear witness to the care, examination that Bobby has invested in the consideration of each," Fox wrote, according to the source.
A spokesperson for Kennedy posted on X that Kennedy will "address the nation"live on Fridayto discuss his "path forward," but offered no specifics.
A spokesperson for the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Kennedy told ABC News regarding the Democratic convention and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, "I think it was a coronation, it's not democracy. Nobody voted. Who chose Kamala? It wasn't voters."
He also complained about the way his campaign has been treated.
"She went in four weeks from being the worst liability for the Democratic Party to the second coming of Christ without giving one interview, without showing up for a debate, without a single policy that anyone thinks isn't ridiculous," he said. "It's not democracy."
