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I sure hope most of the questions were for Ford. Rachel Mitchell was not very good in her questioning. Never asked what I consider to be important questions. What song was playing? Were there snacks or food at the party? Did she have her shoes on? Was it a twin or double bed? Was it a teens room or the parents? I could go on and on.

I totally disagree about Rachel Mitchell. She did a great job which I'll explain, but before that I'll ask everyone:

Given that Flake and the other RINOs had already conspired with the RATS to negate the entire day (recall that Flake said he had been in ongoing talks with the RATS for a while about making sure they do due diligence when he called for the FBI investigation), how could anything that Mitchell did have changed matters including that she informed them at the end of the day that she did not find enough to go forward with a prosecution of Judge K?

That being posed, here are the three main things that Rachel Mitchell did with her questioning of Ford and Judge K that were great.

Blew Up Ford's Story
It began with the so-called fear of flying that doesn't exist unless the destination is DC, and continued through other lies such as the location of the house and corroboration by friends. Mitchell also led Ford to alter her submitted materials right there in the hearing showing her story wasn't the firm recollection she claimed.
Exposed the RATS Using Ford as Their Pawn
All throughout, Mitchell pressed Ford on how she came to do the things she did and who paid for what. Some of these, you'll recall, got the male lawyer involved, but later in the questioning, it was the female lawyer, who is an activist, jumping in which indicated that Mitchell was hitting paydirt.

However, it was her final set of questions to Ford after Kamala Harris seemingly buried Mitchell by using the Maricopa County guidelines about dealing with sexual assault cases against her that Mitchell really showed herself to be exceptional. She began by getting everyone to laugh that yes, five minute segments are not the ideal way. Then Mitchell bored in by telling Ford what the proper procedures are and pointing out how they weren't done with her. Then she asked Ford who suggested that she get an attorney and a polygraph and come 3,000 miles to answer questions she could have answered at home instead of following the proper proedures. The answer, of course, was Feinstein and the RATS which exposed them as using Ford as a pawn.
Got Judge K Under Oath Refuting Every Allegation
In the three segments with Judge K before Lindsey Graham rightly took back his time, Mitchell presented every one of Ford's allegations which gave Judge K the opportunity to directly refute them on the record under oath. She went beyond and asked if he had any physical contact and so forth. Again, he answered no under oath. That eliminated anyone from claiming what Judge K denied in his opening statement was not specific to Ford's allegations.
And she also did something concerning Judge K's calendar that seemed to be tedious when she was asking detailed questions about it, but I believe had a much larger purpose than just establishing where he was. She began by asking almost a throwaway a general question about whether anything had changed on the calendar since 1982. Judge K answered no. Big deal you might say until you recall how Mitchell led Ford to revise her materials from just two months earlier. So you have the contrast of Judge K with exculpatory material unchanged for 36 years and Ford with accusatory material from two months earlier that she had to change that day because they weren't quite accurate.

It seems like people were looking for fireworks in the questioning of Ford and when they didn't occur, it meant that Mitchell did a lousy job. That's obviously not the case. She did a great job. Again, though, it ultimately doesn't matter whether she did the great job I believe or the lousy job you believe, because that hump and three quarters Flake was always going to call for an FBI investigation.