Yeah it's pretty well accepted that Joffrey was behind the catspaw's assassination attempt on Bran. He overheard his father the king (drunkenly) stating clearly that it would be a mercy for Bran to have his throat cut and that he would rather die than live as a cripple. Joffrey didn't do it out of mercy, he just wanted to impress his 'dad'.
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- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson