Absolutely not illegal. Pentagon Papers case is unambiguous in this matter. The House can move to expel him with a 2/3 concurrence. But he can’t be prosecuted, in fact he can’t even be investigated.
” Pentagon Papers case is unambiguous in this matter. The House can move to expel him with a 2/3 concurrence. But he can’t be prosecuted, in fact he can’t even be investigated.”
A completely inaccurate assertion.
The Pentagon Papers case had nothing to do with a Congressman. Daniel Ellsberg was an employee of Rand corp. The only reason he was not imprisoned is because DOJ dropped charges after it was discovered there was a great deal of prosecutorial misconduct.
Multiple members of Congress have been charged with crimes, prosecuted and imprisoned. They are in no way immune to the Espionage Act.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_Papers