DC bureau chief for The Intercept: Impeachment managers became 'like the dog who caught the car' when permitted to call witnesses
When the Senate ultimately voted to allow witnesses to be called, Grim said the House managers "became sort of like the dog who caught the car. They're like, 'Well, now what do we do? Because now Republicans are threatening that they're going to call 200 different witnesses.'" Grim notes that it is not unusual for a political party that is within the minority to threaten procedural actions that would "gum up" sessions. "And so they just decided 'You know what, we don't actually know what we're going to do next,' and they just rested their case without, without pulling any of the ... kind of ...
Source: thehill.com