намеренно направлять по ложному следу

1. to amuse
2. идиом. to draw a red herring across the path; to track a red herring across the path; to trail a red herring across the path; to draw a red herring across the track; to trail a red herring across the track

You are not answering my question. You are trying to draw a red herring across the track (= lead the attention away from the real point).