Canada’s incoming prime minister, Mark Carney, has some photos with Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell that he’d rather you not see.
Opponents are circulating the 2013 photos, which show Carney smiling alongside Maxwell — who was convicted of sex trafficking in 2021. The shots were taken at a music festival in the UK.
Carney’s camp says that the images are nothing more than a political ploy ahead of the Canadian federal election later this year.
In the photos, the 59-year-old was joined by his wife and another man, all of whom appeared friendly with Maxwell as they laughed and gestured at the stage.
The images first recirculated online in January after Carney —a former governor of the central banks for both Canada and the UK — announced his bid to replace outgoing Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
They got a fresh airing after he was picked to lead the Liberal Party on Sunday and become the next prime minister.
But Carney’s camp insists there’s nothing to see in the photos, claiming he and Maxwell barely know each other.
“This is another example of how [Conservative leader] Pierre Poilievre and [his PR head] Jenni Byrne have always played politics and it shows again how terrified they are to fight Mark Carney,” a source told the Toronto Sun in January.
Carney’s connection to Maxwell was extremely removed, the source said, explaining she went to high school his sister-in-law.
“They have bumped into each other in public settings,” the source said. “They are not friends.”
The photos were taken after Epstein spent 13 months in jail in 2008 for procuring a child for prostitution.
The photos were just the latest of Maxwell and Epstein with world leaders and high profile players to emerge.
President Trump has appeared chummy with Epstein in numerous photos and videos — though he says he later banned the pedophile financier form his club. Former president Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, and the likes of Bill Gates are known to have had friendships and associations with the predator.
All have denied knowing about Epstein’s horrific sex trafficking.
Maxwell grew up among British high society, but is now serving 20 years in US federal prison.
Carney has not publicly commented on the photos.
He overwhelmingly won his party’s election over the weekend, taking home 86% of the vote to lead the Liberal Party — and Canada.
A former banker who had never held elected office, Carney took a shot at President Trump’s tariffs and rhetoric about turning Canada into the 51st state — insisting his country would never give in.
“America is not Canada. And Canada never, ever will be part of America in any way, shape or form,” he said during his acceptance speech.
“We didn’t ask for this fight, but Canadians are always ready when someone else drops the gloves,” he said. “The Americans want our resources, our water, our land, our country… Think about it. If they succeed, they will destroy our way of life.”
Carney’s victory comes as Trump’s aggressions have bolstered Liberal party support that had badly sagged in recent months — to the point that Trudeau announced he would step down.
It remains unclear when he will officially assume his office or how long he will remain. Canada’s general elections are currently slated for October, but prime ministers have the power to dissolve parliament and hold new elections.
With the momentum currently behind the Liberal party, it has been speculated Carney will do just that in an attempt to bolster his party’s power.