The lawyer's closing arguments were full of red herrings.

Options

A. sound judgement
B. references and allusions to previous crimes
C. clues intended to distract or mislead
D. loopholes

Answer

C

Explanation

red herring: an unimportant fact, idea, event etc. that takes people.s attention from the important ones.
• He deliberately threw a red herring into the conversation. The best option is clues intended to distract/mislead.