Alleged source of Steele dossier asks for immunity and tells reporters Steele's allegations are untrue

Daily Caller:

An alleged source for the Steele dossier refused to testify without immunity before the House committee conducting the Russia probe, according to a government document released Tuesday.

The immunity request, which was made by Sergei Millian, the chairman of the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce, was denied by the committee. Democrats on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence called Tuesday for a subpoena to be issued to force Millian to testify.

Democrats said that Millian, who is identified as “Source D” in the Steele dossier, “declined to cooperate with the investigation unless he was granted immunity,” in a report released on Tuesday.
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Millian, whose real name is Siarhei Kukuts, was identified early in 2017 as a source for the most salacious claims in the dossier, which was written by former British spy Christopher Steele and financed by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee....
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“Had Millian made something up or repeated rumors he had heard from others to impress Steele’s collector? Simpson had his doubts. He considered Millian a big talker,” reads “Russian Roulette.”

The book notes that while Millian is described in the dossier as a close associate of Trump’s, “There was no public evidence he was close to the mogul at that time or was in Moscow during the Miss Universe event.”

Reached Tuesday, Millian denied the claims in the book.

“It’s all garbage news,” he told The Daily Caller News Foundation.

He also said that he was not in Moscow at the time of the alleged hotel incident.

“Never happened,” he said.
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This does not seem to help the Democrat collusion case at all.  He is supposed to be the witness for the most salacious claims made in the dossier and he says he wasn't there.