BOSTON, Mass. (SHNS)--Attorney General Andrea Campbell pledged Tuesday that a report will eventually be made public explaining Treasurer Deborah Goldberg's currently murky decision to terminate the chair of the Cannabis Control Commission. During a brief moment of confusion in a radio interview, Campbell implied that a report on Goldberg's rationale for firing Shannon O'Brien was already public -- before the AG corrected herself. Goldberg fires O’Brien from top CCC job "On the specifics related to the removal of the former chair, obviously the treasurer put out a public report, that is, I think it's public," Campbell said on GBH's Boston Public Radio. After a pause, she added, "Oh, it's not. Oh OK, well, it will be public at some point." Campbell later added that the report is a "lengthy one." Goldberg fired O'Brien last Monday over unspecified "gross misconduct." The treasurer's office has declined to provide any copy of a letter, notice or report outlining Goldberg's action, coming after a yearlong saga that featured more than 20 hours of private meetings related to accusations against O'Brien. A lawyer for O'Brien said she plans to appeal the firing to the Supreme Judicial Court. Boston Public Radio co-host Jim Braude pressed Campbell about the secrecy surrounding the firing, voicing frustration about the delay in sharing information with Massachusetts taxpayers. Campbell, who noted that she represents Goldberg, said she is hamstrung by what she can discuss for now. "I think what we're figuring out in all of our investigations and representation of either a state, a constitutional officer -- obviously I've represented the secretary of state and others," Campbell said. "There is due process, there is discovery, there's layers of every case, and our government bureau does an incredible job. And so when we can share things publicly, we will." Campbell defended Goldberg's handling of the matter, saying the treasurer has been "very thoughtful." "She can't obviously express everything publicly at this stage because it is active and ongoing," Campbell said. She added, "There have been delays for different reasons that I can't even speak to publicly that have delayed this, and it's not just one person's fault as to why it's taken this long." The attorney general said her office, which appoints members to the CCC, is working to address "dysfunction" at the embattled commission. Campbell indicated that collaboration extends to the treasurer and governor's offices, which also make CCC appointments. "I've said to the Legislature, we have to come together -- and we will -- on ways to improve the commission so they can do their jobs, and that includes some possible structural changes," Campbell said. "They need to hire more staff and hire more staff quickly. So we're getting more in the weeds on that because if they do not figure that out, we're all in trouble."