Special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report on his Russia probe — which so far has only been summarized in a four-page letter released by the attorney general — will be somewhere between 300 and 1,000 pages, it was revealed Thursday.

The vague reports, originating with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler and the New York Times, still stand as one of the few things known about the report since the special counsel completed it roughly a week ago.

Nadler spoke with Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday about the report, but declined to reveal its specific length, saying only that it was “very substantial.”

Asked if “very substantial” would be fewer than 1,000 pages, Nadler replied, “I would think so,” Talking Points Memo reported.

The Times later reported that Mueller’s report — which Barr said cleared President Trump of collusion with Russia but not of obstruction of justice — was more than 300 pages.

The report’s length raised new questions from Democrats about Barr’s four-page summary, which remains the only information released to the public to date.

Barr has said he plans to redact grand jury summaries and other classified info from the report before its release, which he had said would be more a matter of weeks than months.

He also said that any information relevant to the ongoing investigations that Mueller referred to federal prosecutors around the US would also be redacted — despite calls from Democrats to release the full report and Trump saying he wouldn’t mind if people saw it.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, meanwhile, called Barr “condescending” and “arrogant” during her weekly news conference — and again demanded that the veteran GOP lawyer release the full report.

“Show us the report and we can draw our own conclusions. We don’t need [Barr] interpreting for us. It was condescending, arrogant and wasn’t the right thing to do. The sooner they can give us the information, the sooner we can make a judgment about it,” she told reporters at the Capitol while again downplaying any talk of impeachment.

“How can I say this more clearly? Show us the report. Show us the report,” she said, dismissing Barr’s earlier written report to the White House on presidential power as a “job interview.”

The president and his allies have repeatedly claimed that the report totally exonerates the president of both collusion and obstruction.

But Barr acknowledged that the report did not answer the question of whether the commander-in-chief obstructed justice.

Trump and his inner circle remain the focus of multiple lawsuits as well as state, federal and congressional investigations into his business dealings and inauguration.

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