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He was accused of paying off Sen. Robert Menendez with a luxury $60,000 Mercedez-Benz convertible in return for using the senator’s considerable political muscle to help get him out of a legal jam. On Friday, Hudson County businessman Jose Uribe pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan to seven counts of conspiracy to commit bribery, wire fraud, tax evasion and other related charges, while agreeing to testify against the embattled Democrat. He could go to prison for 95 years on all counts but likely would be sentenced to far less than that, given his decision to cooperate with prosecutors….