(CNN) President Donald Trump denied Tuesday afternoon that he had anything to do with the Justice Department's decision to reconsider its sentencing guidelines for onetime Trump adviser Roger Stone, a move that led to the withdrawal of all four federal prosecutors involved in the case.

"I stay out of things to a degree that people wouldn't believe," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, adding of DOJ: "I did not speak to them."

Buuuuuut, here's the thing: Trump did send a tweet on Monday night that made very clear what he thought about Stone's sentencing. ( Stone was convicted of seven counts related to his involvement in Russia's attempt to meddle in the 2016 election.)

"This is a horrible and very unfair situation," wrote Trump . "The real crimes were on the other side, as nothing happens to them. Cannot allow this miscarriage of justice."

The idea -- that Trump seems to be attempting to sell -- that there is some difference between his tweet and directly communicating with the DOJ is, on its face, ludicrous. It is a distinction without a difference.

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