There can be consequences and repercussions for those who step out of line and criticize or dissent from the Democratic Party's ruling regime and its established narratives on the issues -- a lesson that former NYPD cop turned Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams appears to be learning firsthand.

Adams and his 2021 campaign are reportedly the subject of a federal investigation, though the mayor has not yet been formally designated as a "target" of that probe into alleged corrupt ties to the government of Turkey, the New York Daily News reported.

However, after speaking out against the Biden-Harris administration's lax border enforcement and immigration policies, Adams has had his cellphone and computers seized by the FBI, seen his top aides be raided, been served with grand jury subpoenas, and most recently be passed over for any role at the ongoing Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week, despite his prominent position leading the nation's most populous city.

Not yet formally a "target"

The Daily News reported Tuesday that City Hall Chief Counsel Lisa Zornberg told reporters that neither Mayor Adams nor any individual in his administration had been notified, at least not yet, that he is a formal target of an ongoing federal investigation into his 2021 campaign, though she declined to specify whether that also applied to the campaign and any campaign employees.

The federal probe is reportedly scrutinizing allegations that the Turkish government funneled illegal foreign donations into Adams' campaign and gave him upgraded status on Turkish Airlines flights in exchange for him expediting an inspection to clear fire safety violations at the new Turkish Consulate in Manhattan.

A "target letter" is typically a final step in a federal investigation that lets an individual know that they are about to be criminally indicted, and when asked if any target letters have been sent out in this particular investigation, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney in New York leading the probe declined to comment.

Grand jury subpoenas issued

It was just about one week earlier that ABC News reported that Mayor Adams had been served with grand jury subpoenas last month that demanded certain communications and documents be turned over to federal investigators.

Adams confirmed the receipt of the subpoenas during an interview with a local media outlet and said, "Like previous administrations that have gone through subpoenas, you participate and cooperate. You see the subpoena, and you respond. At the end of the day, it will show there is no criminality here."

He has long insisted he committed no wrongdoing and has fully cooperated with investigators, and multiple attorneys working on his behalf reportedly conducted their own probe of the allegations and determined that no crimes were committed.

Adams belatedly endorsed Harris, still snubbed for DNC convention

The timing of the reported issuance of those subpoenas appears to coincide with Mayor Adams' seemingly reluctant and forced endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris as the presumptive Democratic nominee last month, just one day after he took an unsubtle swipe at her obvious failures as the administration's so-called "Border Czar."

On the day that President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, and as a multitude of New York elected officials rushed to immediately endorse Harris, Spectrum News reported that Adams said, "I have a great deal of respect for the vice president, but I think there’s a process in place and we’re going to allow that process to go through."

Later that same day, in an interview with CNN, the mayor said, "I’ve been frustrated with the national leadership. Dealing with immigration reform is something that we have failed at for years, even prior to this administration. That was very clear. We needed one person, a czar, to deal with the influx of migrants that were coming to our country who were paroled in."

Yet, just one day later, Adams, who was designated as a superdelegate for New York at the DNC in Chicago, finally endorsed Harris during an appearance on MSNBC and said, "I think that she is the voice that the party needs right now."

However, per a New York Post Editorial Board op-ed about how Adams should wear the Biden-Harris "revenge" targeted at him as a "badge of honor" for speaking out about the illegal immigration crisis, Adams was dropped from Biden's re-election campaign leadership last year, placed under federal investigation, and most recently was snubbed at the DNC with no speaking slot in addition to his being absent from the state delegation roll call ceremony.