知情人士告诉ABC新闻，前第一夫人梅兰妮·特朗普预计将参加下周的共和党全国代表大会。
消息人士没有提供她的日程安排的更多细节，包括她何时抵达以及她是否会在活动上发言。
在这个选举周期，梅兰妮·特朗普很少与前总统唐纳德·特朗普一起参加竞选活动，偶尔会出现在特朗普在棕榈滩或纽约州的私人住宅的闭门筹款活动和其他私人活动中。
这位前第一夫人缺席了几次竞选集会，尽管其他家庭成员也参加了。
今年早些时候，在封口费支付审判期间，她也没有与特朗普一起出庭，而特朗普的其他一些家庭成员却出庭了。
CNN是第一个报道的梅兰妮·特朗普将会出现在RNC。
梅兰妮·特朗普缺席竞选活动尤其引人注目，因为特朗普家族的其他成员加大了他们的政治参与。特朗普的儿媳劳拉·特朗普现在担任共和党全国委员会的联合主席，特朗普的小儿子巴伦·特朗普周二在特朗普国家多拉尔高尔夫球场首次亮相竞选集会。
特朗普的大儿子埃里克·特朗普(Eric Trump)和小唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump Jr .)在过去几个月里越来越多地代表特朗普进行集会和筹款。
与此同时，梅兰妮·特朗普一直专注于支持保守的性少数群体组织木屋共和党人——据共同主持人之一、特朗普的老朋友比尔·怀特(Bill White)说，上周一，她在纽约特朗普大厦(Trump Tower)为该组织举办了一场筹款活动，帮助筹集了140万美元。
这是她今年第二次为木屋共和党人筹款，此前她在4月份在特朗普的Mar-a-Lago俱乐部主持了一场类似的筹款活动。
怀特说，今年到目前为止，她已经帮助木屋共和党人筹集了近500万美元，这些钱将用于针对摇摆州选民的外联活动，重点是那些战场州的郊区妇女和同性恋保守派。
这位前第一夫人在这个竞选周期中第一次也是唯一一次公开露面是在去年3月佛罗里达州初选的那天。有人看到她和她的丈夫在一起，当特朗普告诉记者他投票给自己时，两人手挽手离开投票站。
当被问及她是否会加入前总统的竞选活动时，她回答说，“请继续关注。”
接下来的一个月，她参加了亿万富翁约翰·保尔森在棕榈滩举办的私人筹款活动，川普和共和党顶级捐赠者在那里筹集了超过5000万美元。
12月，梅兰妮·特朗普在入籍仪式上发表讲话在华盛顿的国家档案馆，但她的丈夫没有和她一起参加活动。
Melania Trump expected to attend Republican National Convention: Sources
Former first lady Melania Trump is expected to attend the Republican National Convention next week, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
The sources did not offer additional details on her schedule, including when she will be arriving and whether she'll be speaking at the event.
Melania Trump has rarely joined former President Donald Trump on the campaign trail this election cycle, occasionally appearing at closed-door fundraisers and other private events at Trump’s private residences in Palm Beach or New York.
The former first lady has skipped several campaign rallies even as some of the other members of the family have attended.
She also did not appear in court with Trump during the hush money payment trial earlier this year while some other members of his family did.
CNN was the first to reportthat Melania Trump is expected to be at the RNC.
Melania Trump's absence from the campaign trail is especially notable as other members of the Trump family ramp up their political involvement. Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump is now serving as co-chair of the Republican National Committee and Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, made his first campaign rally appearance at the Trump National Doral golf course on Tuesday.
Trump’s older sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., have increasingly been rallying and fundraising on behalf of Trump the past few months.
Meanwhile, Melania Trump has been focused on supporting the conservative LGBTQ organization Log Cabin Republicans -- headlining a fundraiser for the group at Trump Tower in New York last Monday, where she helped raise $1.4 million, according to Bill White, one of the co-hosts and a longtime friend of Trump.
That was her second fundraiser for Log Cabin Republicans this year, after she headlined a similar fundraiser at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in April.
So far this year, she's helped raise nearly $5 million for Log Cabin Republicans, which will be used for outreach initiatives for swing state voters -- with a focus on suburban women, and gay and lesbian conservatives in those battleground states, White said.
The first and only public campaign appearance the former first lady has made this campaign cycle was on the day of the primary election in Florida last March. She was seen with her husband, the two walked away from the polling site arm in arm when Trump told reporters that he voted for himself.
Asked then if she would join the former president on the campaign trail, she replied, “Stay tuned.”
The following month, she attended a private fundraiser in Palm Beach, hosted by billionaire John Paulson, where Trump and top GOP donors raised more than $50 million.
In December, Melania Trumpdelivered remarks at a naturalization ceremonyat the National Archives in Washington, but her husband did not attend the event with her.
