New York (CNN Business)AT&T executives played a key role in the birth of far-right conspiracy channel One America News (OAN), according to court documents reviewed by CNN.
The court documents were first reported by Reuters on Wednesday in an in-depth story detailing how AT&T, which is also the parent company of CNN, "helped build" the channel.
The Reuters story said that, in addition to playing a pivotal role in its founding, AT&T remains a crucial revenue stream for the network today. The outlet cited sworn testimony in 2020 from an OAN accountant who said 90% of the channel's revenue is from AT&T-owned platforms.

While CNN was unable to review all of the court documents Reuters obtained for its story, AT&T is by far OAN's largest television distributor.