What is a deposition?

Depositions of high-profile people are much in the news these days. President Donald Trump, for one, faces the prospect of being deposed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team of FBI interviewers. Meanwhile, attorneys for former NFL star Colin Kaepernick want to depose pizza mogul “Papa John” Schnatter in connection with Kaepernick’s collusion case against the NFL. And it isn’t just big-name politicians or businessmen who get deposed. Depositions happen all the time, in legal disputes large and small, but the process remains unfamiliar to many.