Buttons in post widgets

Anyone else have issues where if a button is included in a post, the button shows as text, the link is gone, and all properties stripped, when displayed in the widget?

e.g., inspecting in post alone (link redacted):

<a href="https://____site____/____file____/" class="elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm" role="button">
<span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper">
<span class="elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left">
<i aria-hidden="true" class="fas fa-download"></i></span>
<span class="elementor-button-text">Download Audition Form</span>
</span>
</a>

inspecting inside post accordion widget:

<a role="button"><br>
Download Audition Form<br>
</a>