(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday it has filed charges against a Tennessee woman accused of threatening U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn .

The investigation began in May when one of Blackburn's staffers listened to a voicemail from someone threatening the Republican senator.

"I’m gonna shoot her with a gun. I’m gonna blow up her head on national TV. She will literally have brains splattered behind her because she will not be a person," the caller said, according to information from the Justice Department.

The FBI arrested Penelope R. Convertino, 22, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., on Thursday. She's charged with making a threat to murder a federal official with the intent to impede, intimidate, and interfere with Blackburn while she was engaged in the perfor

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