He was not acting as a member of the public. He was a staff member of the Senate.
OTOH, did you read the memos ? Are you also guilty of reading, Democrat strategy memos that were not intended for public distribution ?United States Code, Title 18, Part I, Chapter 119, also known as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986.
Are you claiming he broke into a computer he did not have access to ?
Doesn't matter. He wasn't in the intended distribution, and deliberately accessed said information on a recurring basis.
OTOH, did you read the memos ?
No, just the news coverage.
Are you also guilty of reading, Democrat strategy memos that were not intended for public distribution ?
No.
Are you claiming he broke into a computer he did not have access to ?
Yes. He was not an authorized user of that particular section of the network.