No, he--and the GOP in general--is trying to draw an equivalency between Trump trying to get stolen Hillary campaign documents from the Russians, and Steele (whose work, remember, they're pretending started with DNC funding, not Republican funding) talking to Russians to ask them if they knew anything about Trump having connections to Russians.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/12/christopher-steele-the-man-behind-the-trump-dossier