According to McCabe, the interview was "very odd" because "it seemed like [Flynn] was telling the truth" to the two agents who interviewed him, including since-fired FBI agent Peter Strzok. Flynn, the interviewing agents told McCabe, "had a very good recollection of events, which he related chronologically and lucidly," did not appear to be "nervous or sweating," and did not look "side to side" – all of which would have been "behavioral signs of deception."

McCabe wrote that Flynn seemed "completely normal" – even when, on three occasions, Flynn looked at the window and told agents, "What a beautiful black sky."