“The resolution of those issues are important to determining any timetable” for a potential endorsement, Weaver said, adding that the outcome could also determine “how closely the campaigns work together” heading into the fall to defeat Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee.

During an address live-streamed across the country Thursday night, the senator from Vermont did not concede the Democratic nomination to Clinton but told supporters that he plans “in a short period of time” to start working to see that “Donald Trump is defeated and defeated badly.”

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Weaver said it’s preferable that Sanders and Clinton coordinate on that front, but he said that there are other avenues for Sanders to take.

“That could be done independently of other campaigns,” Weaver said during an interview that took place in Sanders’s home town, where he has been huddling with advisers.

Besides advocating for several legislative priorities, Sanders is also seeking to influence the Democratic Party platform that will be approved at the convention in Philadelphia. While there is some overlap between the legislative agenda and platform issues, those discussions have been proceeding on separate tracks, Weaver said.

Weaver said that even if Sanders endorses Clinton before the convention, Sanders has no plans to “suspend” his campaign before the convention, where the platform will be formally approved.

Sanders is also pushing for several political reforms, including the ouster of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.), the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, whom Sanders has accused of unfairly favoring Clinton during the primary season.

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On Friday, Weaver said that the Sanders campaign considers it a “very important first step” that Clinton has installed an official at the DNC who will take over the day-to-day efforts of the general-election race.

“It’s a clear signal that people at the DNC and in other Democratic quarters are paying attention to the 12 million people who supported Bernie Sanders,” Weaver said.

“It’s clear that she’s now not in charge,” Weaver said of Wasserman Schultz. “I anticipate at some point a permanent replacement will be picked. It certainly should happen as quickly as possible.”

“Maybe she’ll take it upon herself to leave,” Weaver added.